Joshua 8:31

8:31 just as Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded the Israelites. As described in the law scroll of Moses, it was made with uncut stones untouched by an iron tool. ¹  They offered burnt sacrifices on it and sacrificed tokens of peace. ² 

Joshua 22:23

22:23 If we have built ³  an altar for ourselves to turn back from following the Lord by making ⁴  burnt sacrifices and grain offerings on it, or by offering ⁵  tokens of peace ⁶  on it, the Lord himself will punish us. ⁷ 

Joshua 22:27

22:27 but as a reminder to us and you, ⁸  and to our descendants who follow us, that we will honor the Lord in his very presence ⁹  with burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace. ¹⁰  Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to our descendants, ‘You have no right to worship the Lord.’ ¹¹ 

¹ tn Heb “as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones on which no one had wielded iron.” The expression “whole stones” refers to stones in their natural condition, i.e., not carved or shaped artificially with tools (“wielded iron”).

² tn Or “peace offerings.”

³ tn Heb “by building.” The prepositional phrase may be subordinated to what precedes, “if in unfaithfulness…by building.”

⁴ tn Heb “or if to offer up.”

⁵ tn Heb “or if to make.”

⁶ tn Or “peace offerings.”

⁷ tn Heb “the Lord, he will seek.” Perhaps this is a self-imprecation in an oath, “may the Lord himself punish us.”

⁵ tn Heb “but it is a witness between us and you.”

⁶ tn Heb “to do the service of the Lord before him.”

⁷ tn Or “peace offerings.”

⁸ tn Heb “You have no portion in the Lord.”