17. Then Joshua said to the descendants of Joseph, ⌊the tribes of⌋ Ephraim and Manasseh, “You are an important and very powerful people. One region is really not enough for you.
18. The mountain region will be yours as well. It is a forest, so you will have to clear it. All of it will be yours. But you must force out the Canaanites, even though they are strong and have chariots made of iron.”