Joshua 17:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

One day the Joseph tribes came to Joshua and asked, “Why didn't you give us more land? The LORD has always been kind to us, and we have too many people for this small region.”

Cross References

Genesis 48:19

But his father said, “Son, I know what I am doing. It's true that Manasseh's family will some day become a great nation. But Ephraim will be even greater than Manasseh, because his descendants will become many great nations.”

Genesis 48:20

Jacob told him that in the future the people of Israel would ask God's blessings on one another by saying, “I pray for God to bless you as much as he blessed Ephraim and Manasseh.” Jacob put Ephraim's name first to show that he would be greater than Manasseh.

Genesis 48:22

Meanwhile, I'm giving you the hillside I captured from the Amorites.”

Numbers 26:54

so the larger tribes have more land than the smaller ones.

Numbers 36:12

and remained part of the Manasseh tribe. So their land stayed in their father's clan.

Joshua 17:15

Joshua replied, “If you have so many people that you don't have enough room in the hill country of Ephraim, then go into the forest that belonged to the Perizzites and the Rephaim. Clear out the trees and make more room for yourselves there.”