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And Manasseh also had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean 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, three provinces.
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But the sons of Manasseh could not drive out
the inhabitants of those cities; to the contrary the Canaanite desired to dwell in that land.
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Yet it came to pass when the sons of Israel waxed strong that they put the Canaanite under tribute, but did not utterly drive them out.
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And the sons of Joseph spoke unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me
but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I
am a great people and that the LORD has blessed me as such until now?
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And Joshua answered them, If thou
art such a great people,
then go up to the forest and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzite and of the giants, if mountain of Ephraim is too narrow for thee.
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And the sons of Joseph said, This mountain is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron,
both those who
are in Bethshean and her towns, and
those who
are in the valley of Jezreel.
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Then Joshua replied unto the house of Joseph,
even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou
art a great people and hast great strength; thou shalt not have only one lot;
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but that mountain shall be thine, for it
is a forest, and thou shalt cut it down, and the borders of it shall be thine; for thou shalt drive out the Canaanite, though he has iron chariots
and though he
is strong.