¹⁵ Joshua replied to them, “Since you have so many people,^[a] go up into the forest and clear out a place to live in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaites, if the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you.” ¹⁶ The descendants of Joseph said, “The whole hill country^[b] is inadequate for us, and the Canaanites living down in the valley in Beth Shean and its surrounding towns and in the Valley of Jezreel have chariots with iron-rimmed wheels.”^{[c] 17} Joshua said to the family^[d] of Joseph—to both Ephraim and Manasseh: “You have many people and great military strength. You will not have just one tribal allotment.