For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.
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Interpretation
The Israelites must occupy the new conquests. Canaan would have been subdued in vain, if it had not been inhabited.
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This thought runs through Joshua 14:1-5.