Joshua 17:14

Free Bible Version

Then the descendants of Joseph came to Joshua and asked him, “Why have you given us only one allocation—only one share of the land—when there's so many of us because the Lord has blessed us so much?”

Cross References

Genesis 48:19

But his father refused, saying, “I know what I'm doing. Manasseh will also become an important people, but his younger brother will be greater than him, and his descendants will become a large nation.”

Genesis 48:20

So Israel blessed them that day and said: “In the future the people of Israel will use your names to give a blessing, saying, ‘May God bless you like he did Ephraim and Manasseh.’” In saying this he placed Ephraim before Manasseh.

Genesis 48:22

I'm also giving you something in addition to what I'm giving your brothers—the piece of land on the mountain slope of Shechem that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”

Ezekiel 48:5

Ephraim's allocation borders that of Manasseh from east to west.

Numbers 13:7

Igal, son of Joseph, from the tribe of Issachar.

Numbers 26:54

Give a larger area of land to a larger tribe, and a smaller area to a smaller tribe. Each tribe shall receive their allotment of land depending on their number counted in the census.

Numbers 36:12

They married within the families of the descendants of Manasseh, son of Joseph, and their land allocation stayed within their father's tribe.

Joshua 16:4

This was the allocation received by the descendants of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh.

Joshua 17:15

Joshua told them, “If there's so many of you, if the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, then go and clear ground for yourselves from the forest in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim.”