12 Yet (A)the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities, but the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land. 13 And it happened, when the children of Israel grew strong, that they put the Canaanites to (B)forced labor, but did not utterly drive them out.

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14 (C)Then the children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given us only (D)one [a]lot and one share to inherit, since we are (E)a great people, inasmuch as the Lord has blessed us until now?”

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 17:14 allotment

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