Joshua 17:13-15

New Catholic Bible

¹³ When the Israelites grew stronger, they did subject the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not drive them out completely. ^14 [a]The descendants of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one allotment, one portion as our inheritance. We are quite numerous, for the Lord has blessed us.” ¹⁵ But Joshua answered them, “If you are too numerous for the hill country of Ephraim, then go up into the forest and clear land for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim.”