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And Manasseh had in Issachar and in AsherBethshean 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 threecountries.
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Yet the children of Manassehcould not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaaniteswoulddwell in that land.
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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 .
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And the children of Josephspake unto Joshua,saying , Why hast thou given me but onelot and oneportion to inherit, seeing I am a greatpeople, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?
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And Joshuaanswered them, If thou be a greatpeople, 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 mountEphraim be too narrow for thee.
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And the children of Josephsaid , 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 Bethshean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.
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And Joshuaspake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh,saying , Thou art a greatpeople, and hast greatpower: thou shalt not have onelot only:
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But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down : and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have ironchariots, and though they be strong.