Joshua 17:14-18

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 chariots fitted with iron, both those in Beth Shan and its settlements and those in the Valley of Jezreel.”

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

18 but the forested hill country as well. Clear it, and its farthest limits will be yours; though the Canaanites have chariots fitted with iron and though they are strong, you can drive them out.”

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Joshua 17:14-18 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 17

This chapter gives an account of the lot that fell to the half tribe of Manasseh, to the male children of Manasseh, and to the daughters of Zelophehad, Jos 17:1-6; and describes the coast of that lot, Jos 17:7-13; and relates the request of the sons of Joseph, to have their lot enlarged, which was granted, Jos 17:14-18.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 10

1. Numbers 26:28-37
2. 2 Samuel 18:6
3. S Joshua 3:10
4. S Genesis 14:5; Joshua 15:8; Joshua 18:16; 2 Samuel 5:18; 2 Samuel 23:13; Isaiah 17:5
5. ver 18; Judges 1:19; Judges 4:3,13
6. S ver 11
7. S Joshua 15:56; S 1 Samuel 29:1
8. Ezekiel 48:5
9. 1 Samuel 1:1
10. S ver 16

Joshua 17:14-18

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Joshua 17:14-18 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 17

Cross References 10