Joshua 22:23
22:23 If we have built 1 an altar for ourselves to turn back from following the Lord by making 2 burnt sacrifices and grain offerings on it, or by offering 3 tokens of peace 4 on it, the Lord himself will punish us. 5
Joshua 22:26
22:26 So we decided to build this altar, not for burnt offerings and sacrifices,
1 tn Heb “by building.” The prepositional phrase may be subordinated to what precedes, “if in unfaithfulness…by building.”
2 tn Heb “or if to offer up.”
3 tn Heb “or if to make.”
4 tn Or “peace offerings.”
5 tn Heb “the Lord, he will seek.” Perhaps this is a self-imprecation in an oath, “may the Lord himself punish us.”