Joshua 7:21
7:21 I saw among the goods we seized a nice robe from Babylon, 1 two hundred silver pieces, 2 and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels. I wanted them, so I took them. They are hidden in the ground right in the middle of my tent with the silver underneath.”
Joshua 22:27
22:27 but as a reminder to us and you, 3 and to our descendants who follow us, that we will honor the Lord in his very presence 4 with burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace. 5 Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to our descendants, ‘You have no right to worship the Lord.’ 6
Joshua 22:31
22:31 Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, said to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the Manassehites, 7 “Today we know that the Lord is among us, because you have not disobeyed the Lord in this. 8 Now 9 you have rescued the Israelites from the Lord’s judgment.” 10
1 tn Heb “Shinar,” a reference to Babylon (cf. Gen 10:10; 11:2; 14:1). Many modern translations retain the Hebrew name “Shinar” (cf. NEB, NRSV) but some use the more familiar “Babylon” (cf. NIV, NLT).
2 tn Heb “shekels.”
3 tn Heb “but it is a witness between us and you.”
4 tn Heb “to do the service of the Lord before him.”
5 tn Or “peace offerings.”
6 tn Heb “You have no portion in the Lord.”
7 tn Heb “the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh.”
8 tn Heb “because you were not unfaithful with this unfaithfulness against the Lord.”
9 tn On the use of אָז in a logical sense, see Waltke-O’Connor, Hebrew Syntax, 667.
10 tn Heb “the hand (i.e., power) of the Lord.”