Joshua 22:25-28

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  22:28 We said, ‘If in the future they say such a thing ⁷  to us or to our descendants, we will reply, “See the model of the Lord’s altar that our ancestors ⁸  made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a reminder to us and you.”’ ⁹ 

¹ tn Heb “You have no portion in the Lord.”

² tn Heb “fearing.”

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 The words “such a thing” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁸ tn Heb “fathers.”

⁹ tn Heb “but it is a witness between us and you.”