Joshua
Joshua 17
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Joshua 17 — Scripture text (King James Version)
There was also a for the tribe of ; for he was the firstborn of ; to wit, for the firstborn of , the father of : because he was a man of war, therefore he had and . There was also a for the rest of the children of by their families; for the children of , and for the children of , and for the children of , and for the children of , and for the children of , and for the children of : these were the male children of the son of by their families. But , the son of , the son of , the son of , the son of , had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and , Hoglah, Milcah, and . And they came near before the priest, and before the son of , and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father. And there fell ten portions to , beside the land of and , which were the other side ; Because the daughters of had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of ’s sons had the land of . And the coast of was from to , that lieth before ; and the border went along the right hand unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah. Now had the land of : but the border of belonged to the children of ; And the coast descended unto the river , southward of the river: these cities of are among the cities of : the coast of also was the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea: Southward it was ’s, and northward it was ’s, and the sea is his border; and they met together in the north, and in the east. And had in and in -shean and her towns, and and her towns, and the inhabitants of and her towns, and the inhabitants of and her towns, and the inhabitants of and her towns, and the inhabitants of and her towns, even three countries. Yet the children of could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the would dwell in that land. Yet it came to pass, when the children of were waxen strong, that they the to tribute; but did not utterly drive them out. And the children of spake unto , saying, Why hast thou given me but one and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto? And answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the and of the giants, if mount be too narrow for thee. And the children of said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of -shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of . And spake unto the house of , even to and to , saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one only: But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the , though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.