Joshua 22:16-18

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  22:17 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. 2  22:18 Now today you dare to turn back 3  from following the Lord! You are rebelling today against the Lord; tomorrow he may break out in anger against 4  the entire community of Israel.

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?”

2 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 Lord.”

3 tn Heb “you are turning back.”

4 tn Or “he will be angry with.”