Yosua 22:16

22:16 “The entire community of the Lord says, ‘Why have you disobeyed the God of Israel by turning back today from following the Lord? You built an altar for yourselves and have rebelled today against the Lord. ¹ 

Yosua 22:18

22:18 Now today you dare to turn back ²  from following the Lord! You are rebelling today against the Lord; tomorrow he may break out in anger against ³  the entire community of Israel.

Yosua 22:23

22:23 If we have built ⁴  an altar for ourselves to turn back from following the Lord by making ⁵  burnt sacrifices and grain offerings on it, or by offering ⁶  tokens of peace ⁷  on it, the Lord himself will punish us. ⁸ 

Yosua 22:29

22:29 Far be it from us to rebel against the Lord by turning back today from following after the Lord by building an altar for burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace ⁹  aside from the altar of the Lord our God located in front of his dwelling place!” ¹⁰ 

[22:16]  ¹ tn Heb “What is this unfaithfulness with which you have been unfaithful against the God of Israel, turning today from after the Lord, when you built for yourselves an altar, rebelling today against the Lord?”

[22:18]  ² tn Heb “you are turning back.”

[22:18]  ³ tn Or “he will be angry with.”

[22:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “by building.” The prepositional phrase may be subordinated to what precedes, “if in unfaithfulness…by building.”

[22:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “or if to offer up.”

[22:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “or if to make.”

[22:23]  ⁷ tn Or “peace offerings.”

[22:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “the Lord, he will seek.” Perhaps this is a self-imprecation in an oath, “may the Lord himself punish us.”

[22:29]  ⁹ tn Or “peace offerings.”

[22:29]  ¹⁰ sn The Lord’s dwelling place here refers to the tabernacle.