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Joshua Chapter 17

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Joshua

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In this chapter the Israelites finish their campaign in Canaan, driving out the remaining Amorite cities and securing the land for themselves. The narrative emphasizes that God has delivered the people as He promised, and there is no further need for war. The conquest is portrayed as a divine act completed, leaving the land ready for the promised inheritance.

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(1) There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
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Genesis 41:51Genesis 46:20Genesis 48:18Deuteronomy 21:17Genesis 50:23Numbers 26:29Numbers 27:1Numbers 32:39Numbers 32:40Judges 5:14I Chronicles 2:23I Chronicles 7:14

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Exodus 11:5Exodus 12:29Exodus 13:15Joshua 21:6Numbers 27:1Numbers 26:29

(2) There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.
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Numbers 26:29Numbers 26:30Numbers 26:31Numbers 26:32Judges 6:11Judges 8:2I Chronicles 7:18

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Numbers 27:1Numbers 36:1Joshua 21:5Numbers 26:42Joshua 13:29Joshua 17:1

(3) But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
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Numbers 26:33Numbers 27:1Numbers 36:2Numbers 36:3Numbers 36:4Numbers 36:5Numbers 36:6Numbers 36:7Numbers 36:8Numbers 36:9Numbers 36:10Numbers 36:11

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Numbers 27:1Numbers 26:33Numbers 36:11Genesis 27:46Genesis 31:43Jeremiah 29:6

(4) And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses 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.
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Joshua 14:1Numbers 34:17Numbers 34:18Numbers 34:19Numbers 34:20Numbers 34:21Numbers 34:22Numbers 34:23Numbers 34:24Numbers 34:25Numbers 34:26Numbers 34:27

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Numbers 33:54Numbers 36:3Numbers 36:4Numbers 26:54Joshua 19:9Joshua 19:49

(5) And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;
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Joshua 17:2Joshua 17:3Joshua 17:14Joshua 13:29Joshua 13:30Joshua 13:31Numbers 32:30Numbers 32:31Numbers 32:32Numbers 32:33Numbers 32:34Numbers 32:35

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Joshua 17:1Joshua 20:8II Kings 10:33Leviticus 23:38Deuteronomy 3:13Judges 11:29

(6) Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.
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Numbers 27:1Joshua 17:3Numbers 33:54Numbers 36:3Numbers 36:4Joshua 17:1

(7) And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of Entappuah.
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Joshua 16:6Joshua 16:7Joshua 16:8Joshua 20:7Joshua 21:21Joshua 24:1Joshua 24:32Genesis 34:2Genesis 37:12Genesis 37:14Judges 9:1I Kings 12:1

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Joshua 17:11Judges 1:27Numbers 34:3Joshua 15:11Joshua 18:19Judges 1:33

(8) Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;
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Joshua 12:17Joshua 15:34Joshua 15:53Joshua 16:8

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Genesis 48:20Isaiah 9:21Joshua 17:9Joshua 16:8Ezekiel 48:5Numbers 2:20

(9) And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea:
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Joshua 16:8Joshua 16:9Joshua 16:3Joshua 19:29

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Genesis 15:18Exodus 7:18Exodus 7:21Joshua 12:2Judges 5:21Deuteronomy 11:24

(10) Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east.
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Ezekiel 47:17Joshua 15:5Joshua 16:6Ezekiel 45:7Ezekiel 47:18Ezekiel 48:1

(11) And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.
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Joshua 16:9I Chronicles 7:29I Kings 4:12II Kings 9:27I Chronicles 6:70Joshua 12:23Judges 1:27I Kings 4:11I Samuel 28:7Psalms 83:10Joshua 12:21Judges 5:19

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Judges 1:27I Chronicles 7:29I Chronicles 7:28II Chronicles 13:19Judges 1:33Joshua 15:47

(12) Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
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Joshua 15:63Joshua 16:10Exodus 23:29Exodus 23:30Exodus 23:31Exodus 23:32Exodus 23:33Numbers 33:52Numbers 33:53Numbers 33:54Numbers 33:55Numbers 33:56

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Judges 1:27Judges 1:33Joshua 17:11Judges 1:30Judges 1:29Judges 1:32

(13) Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive them out.
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Judges 1:28II Samuel 3:1Ephesians 6:10Philippians 4:13II Peter 3:18Joshua 16:10Deuteronomy 20:11Deuteronomy 20:12Deuteronomy 20:13Deuteronomy 20:14Deuteronomy 20:15Deuteronomy 20:16

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Judges 1:28Joshua 16:10Joshua 17:18Judges 1:29Exodus 6:1Isaiah 28:7

(14) And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?
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Genesis 48:22Numbers 26:34Numbers 26:35Numbers 26:36Numbers 26:37Deuteronomy 33:13Deuteronomy 33:14Deuteronomy 33:15Deuteronomy 33:16Deuteronomy 33:17Genesis 48:19Genesis 49:22

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Joshua 22:7I Samuel 1:8Genesis 19:1Numbers 33:54Joshua 17:17Joshua 18:11

(15) And Joshua 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 Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
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Luke 12:48Genesis 13:7Exodus 33:2Ezra 9:1Genesis 14:5Genesis 15:20II Samuel 5:18II Samuel 5:22

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Joshua 12:7I Kings 18:33Exodus 19:20Joshua 20:7Judges 7:24II Chronicles 13:4

(16) And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.
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Joshua 17:18Judges 1:19Judges 4:3Joshua 17:11I Kings 4:12Joshua 19:18Judges 6:33I Kings 18:46I Kings 21:1I Kings 21:23II Kings 9:10II Kings 9:37

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Judges 1:27Joshua 17:11Joshua 15:8Joshua 18:16I Chronicles 7:29Judges 1:19

(17) And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only:
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Joshua 17:1Joshua 17:2Genesis 48:20Isaiah 9:21Joshua 17:14Joshua 18:11

(18) 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 Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.
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Joshua 17:15Joshua 15:9Joshua 20:7Joshua 11:4Joshua 11:5Joshua 11:6Joshua 13:6Numbers 14:6Numbers 14:7Numbers 14:8Numbers 14:9Deuteronomy 20:1

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Jeremiah 4:30I Corinthians 7:30II Corinthians 7:8Judges 1:19I Chronicles 29:2Daniel 2:40

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