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The tribe of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, "Why have you given me but one lot and one portion as an inheritance, since we are a numerous people, whom all along the Lord has blessed?"

but the hill country shall be yours, for though it is a forest, you shall clear it and possess it to its farthest borders; for you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and though they are strong."

But the fields of the town and its villages had been given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his holding.

you have not forsaken your kindred these many days, down to this day, but have been careful to keep the charge of the Lord your God.

Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given a possession in Bashan; but to the other half Joshua had given a possession beside their fellow Israelites in the land west of the Jordan. And when Joshua sent them away to their tents and blessed them,

But now, if your land is unclean, cross over into the Lord 's land where the Lord 's tabernacle now stands, and take for yourselves a possession among us; only do not rebel against the Lord , or rebel against us by building yourselves an altar other than the altar of the Lord our God.

but to be a witness between us and you, and between the generations after us, that we do perform the service of the Lord in his presence with our burnt offerings and sacrifices and offerings of well-being; so that your children may never say to our children in time to come, "You have no portion in the Lord ."'

And we thought, If this should be said to us or to our descendants in time to come, we could say, ‘Look at this copy of the altar of the Lord , which our ancestors made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifice, but to be a witness between us and you.'

but hold fast to the Lord your God, as you have done to this day.

know assuredly that the Lord your God will not continue to drive out these nations before you; but they shall be a snare and a trap for you, a scourge on your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the Lord your God has given you.

But just as all the good things that the Lord your God promised concerning you have been fulfilled for you, so the Lord will bring upon you all the bad things, until he has destroyed you from this good land that the Lord your God has given you.

and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau the hill country of Seir to possess, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.

but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you; so I rescued you out of his hand.

Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord , choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord ."

But Joshua said to the people, "You cannot serve the Lord , for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.

Adoni-bezek fled; but they pursued him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.

The Lord was with Judah, and he took possession of the hill country, but could not drive out the inhabitants of the plain, because they had chariots of iron.

But the Benjaminites did not drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem; so the Jebusites have lived in Jerusalem among the Benjaminites to this day.

So he showed them the way into the city; and they put the city to the sword, but they let the man and all his family go.

Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and its villages, or Taanach and its villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages; but the Canaanites continued to live in that land.