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Joshua 17:8-17
8 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh
belonged to the children of Ephraim;
9 And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these
cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also
was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea:
10 Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea is
his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the
east.
11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and her towns, and Ibleam
and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of
Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants
of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.
12 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities;
but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they
put the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive them out.
14 And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me
but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch
as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?
15 And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the
wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and
of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the
Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they
who are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.
17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh,
saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one
lot only:
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