Joshua 17:17-18

17:17 Joshua said to the family ¹  of Joseph – to both Ephraim and Manasseh: “You have many people and great military strength. You will not have just one tribal allotment. 17:18 The whole hill country ²  will be yours; though it is a forest, you can clear it and it will be entirely yours. ³  You can conquer the Canaanites, though they have chariots with iron-rimmed wheels and are strong.”

[17:17]  ¹ tn Heb “house.”

[17:18]  ² tn The Hebrew text has simply “the hill country,” which must here include the hill country of Ephraim and the forest regions mentioned in v. 15.

[17:18]  ³ tn Heb “and its limits will be yours.”