13 And it came about when the sons of Israel became strong, (A)they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not [a]drive them out completely.

14 Then the (B)sons of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given me only one lot and one portion as an inheritance, though I am a numerous people whom the Lord has blessed up to this point?” 15 And Joshua said to them, “If you are a numerous people, go [b]up to the forest and clear a place for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.”

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 17:13 Or dispossess
  2. Joshua 17:15 Lit up for yourself

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