Joshua 13:14

13:14 However, Moses ¹  did not assign land as an inheritance ²  to the Levites; their inheritance ³  is the sacrificial offerings ⁴  made to the Lord God of Israel, as he instructed ⁵  them.

Joshua 22:23

22:23 If we have built ⁶  an altar for ourselves to turn back from following the Lord by making ⁷  burnt sacrifices and grain offerings on it, or by offering ⁸  tokens of peace ⁹  on it, the Lord himself will punish us. ¹⁰ 

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¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “did not assign an inheritance.”

³ tn That is, “their source of food and life.”

⁴ tn Or “offerings made by fire.”

⁵ tn Or “promised” (Heb “spoke”).

sn For the background of this observation, see Deut 18:1-2.

⁶ tn Heb “by building.” The prepositional phrase may be subordinated to what precedes, “if in unfaithfulness…by building.”

⁷ tn Heb “or if to offer up.”

⁸ tn Heb “or if to make.”

⁹ tn Or “peace offerings.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “the Lord, he will seek.” Perhaps this is a self-imprecation in an oath, “may the Lord himself punish us.”