Joshua 22:23

22:23 If we have built ¹  an altar for ourselves to turn back from following the Lord by making ²  burnt sacrifices and grain offerings on it, or by offering ³  tokens of peace ⁴  on it, the Lord himself will punish us. ⁵ 

Joshua 22:26

22:26 So we decided to build this altar, not for burnt offerings and sacrifices,

[22:23]  ¹ tn Heb “by building.” The prepositional phrase may be subordinated to what precedes, “if in unfaithfulness…by building.”

[22:23]  ² tn Heb “or if to offer up.”

[22:23]  ³ tn Heb “or if to make.”

[22:23]  ⁴ tn Or “peace offerings.”

[22:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “the Lord, he will seek.” Perhaps this is a self-imprecation in an oath, “may the Lord himself punish us.”