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Protest of Joseph Tribes. 14 The descendants of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one lot and one share as our heritage?(A) Our people are too many, because of the extent to which the Lord has blessed us.”

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14 The people of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one allotment and one portion for an inheritance? We are a numerous people, and the Lord has blessed us abundantly.”(A)

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17 Joshua therefore said to Ephraim and Manasseh, the house of Joseph, “You are a numerous people and very strong. You shall not have merely one share, 18 for the mountain region which is now forest shall be yours when you clear it. Its adjacent land shall also be yours if, despite their strength and iron chariots, you dispossess the Canaanites.”

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17 But Joshua said to the tribes of Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh—“You are numerous and very powerful. You will have not only one allotment(A) 18 but the forested hill country(B) as well. Clear it, and its farthest limits will be yours; though the Canaanites have chariots fitted with iron(C) and though they are strong, you can drive them out.”

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So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar,[a] near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 4:5 Sychar: Jerome identifies this with Shechem, a reading found in Syriac manuscripts.

So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph.(A)

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