Joshua 21:27

21:27 They assigned to the Gershonite clans of the Levites the following cities: ¹  from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) and Beeshtarah, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of two cities;

Joshua 22:23

22:23 If we have built ²  an altar for ourselves to turn back from following the Lord by making ³  burnt sacrifices and grain offerings on it, or by offering ⁴  tokens of peace ⁵  on it, the Lord himself will punish us. ⁶ 

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¹ tn The words “they assigned” and “the following cities” are supplied for clarification (also in v. 34).

² tn Heb “by building.” The prepositional phrase may be subordinated to what precedes, “if in unfaithfulness…by building.”

³ tn Heb “or if to offer up.”

⁴ tn Heb “or if to make.”

⁵ tn Or “peace offerings.”

⁶ tn Heb “the Lord, he will seek.” Perhaps this is a self-imprecation in an oath, “may the Lord himself punish us.”