Joshua 22:26-28

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, 1  and to our descendants who follow us, that we will honor the Lord in his very presence 2  with burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace. 3  Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to our descendants, ‘You have no right to worship the Lord.’ 4  22:28 We said, ‘If in the future they say such a thing 5  to us or to our descendants, we will reply, “See the model of the Lord’s altar that our ancestors 6  made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a reminder to us and you.”’ 7 

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

2 tn Heb “to do the service of the Lord before him.”

3 tn Or “peace offerings.”

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

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

2 tn Heb “fathers.”

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