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Joshua 17:12-16

12 Yet the Manassites were not able to occupy these towns, for the Canaanites were determined to live in that region.

13 However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they subjected the Canaanites to forced labor but did not drive them out completely.

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.”

15 “If you are so numerous,” Joshua answered, “and if the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go up into the forest and clear land for yourselves there in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaites.”

16 The people of Joseph replied, “The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the plain have iron chariots, both those in Beth Shan and its settlements and those in the Valley of Jezreel.”

Cross References for Joshua 17:12-16

Joshua 5:1 - Circumcision at Gilgal Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite ... Click to read the verse Joshua 5:1 Click to read the verse Joshua 5:1

Joshua 15:63 - Judah could not dislodge the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem; to this day the Jebusites... Click to read the verse Joshua 15:63 Click to read the verse Joshua 15:63

Joshua 16:10 - They did not dislodge the Canaanites living in Gezer; to this day the Canaanites live among the... Click to read the verse Joshua 16:10 Click to read the verse Joshua 16:10

Romans 6:12-14 - Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. Click to read the verse Romans 6:12-14 Click to read the verse Romans 6:12-14

Numbers 33:52-56 - drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images and their... Click to read the verse Numbers 33:52-56 Click to read the verse Numbers 33:52-56

1 Kings 9:21 - that is, their descendants remaining in the land, whom the Israelites could not exterminate—the... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 9:21 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 9:21

Exodus 23:29-33 - But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the ... Click to read the verse Exodus 23:29-33 Click to read the verse Exodus 23:29-33

Judges 1:27-28 - But Manasseh did not drive out the people of Beth Shan or Taanach or Dor or Ibleam or Megiddo a... Click to read the verse Judges 1:27-28 Click to read the verse Judges 1:27-28