Joshua 22:17
Context22:17 The sin we committed at Peor was bad enough. To this very day we have not purified ourselves; it even brought a plague on the community of the Lord. 1
Joshua 22:23
Context22:23 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
1 tn Heb “Was the sin of Peor too insignificant for us, from which we have not made purification to this day? And there was a plague in the assembly of the
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