22:25 The Lord made the Jordan a boundary between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no right to worship the Lord.’ 1 In this way your descendants might cause our descendants to stop obeying 2 the Lord.
22:26 So we decided to build this altar, not for burnt offerings and sacrifices,
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
1 tnHeb “You have no portion in the Lord.”
2 tnHeb “fearing.”
3 tnHeb “but it is a witness between us and you.”
4 tnHeb “to do the service of the Lord before him.”