Joshua 17:13-15

New International Reader's Version

¹³ The Israelites grew stronger. Then they forced the Canaanites to work hard for them. But they didn’t drive them out completely.

¹⁴ The people in the family line of Joseph spoke to Joshua. They said, “Why have you given us only one share of the land to have as our own? There are large numbers of us. The Lord has blessed us greatly.”

¹⁵ “That’s true,” Joshua said. “There are large numbers of you. And the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you. So go up into the forest. Clear out some land for yourselves in the territory of the Perizzites and Rephaites.”