Joshua 2:22

2:22 They went ¹  to the hill country and stayed there for three days, long enough for those chasing them ²  to return. Their pursuers ³  looked all along the way but did not find them. ⁴ 

Joshua 22:23

22:23 If we have built ⁵  an altar for ourselves to turn back from following the Lord by making ⁶  burnt sacrifices and grain offerings on it, or by offering ⁷  tokens of peace ⁸  on it, the Lord himself will punish us. ⁹ 

[2:22]  ¹ tn Heb “they went and came.”

[2:22]  ² tn Heb “the pursuers.” The object (“them”) is added for clarification.

[2:22]  ³ tn Heb “the ones chasing them.” This has been rendered as “their pursuers” in the translation to avoid redundancy with the preceding clause.

[2:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “The pursuers looked in all the way and did not find [them].”

[22:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “by building.” The prepositional phrase may be subordinated to what precedes, “if in unfaithfulness…by building.”

[22:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “or if to offer up.”

[22:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “or if to make.”

[22:23]  ⁸ tn Or “peace offerings.”

[22:23]  ⁹ tn Heb “the Lord, he will seek.” Perhaps this is a self-imprecation in an oath, “may the Lord himself punish us.”