Joshua 22:27

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 

Joshua 22:31

22:31 Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, said to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the Manassehites, ⁵  “Today we know that the Lord is among us, because you have not disobeyed the Lord in this. ⁶  Now ⁷  you have rescued the Israelites from the Lord’s judgment.” ⁸ 

[22:27]  ¹ tn Heb “but it is a witness between us and you.”

[22:27]  ² tn Heb “to do the service of the Lord before him.”

[22:27]  ³ tn Or “peace offerings.”

[22:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “You have no portion in the Lord.”

[22:31]  ⁵ tn Heb “the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh.”

[22:31]  ⁶ tn Heb “because you were not unfaithful with this unfaithfulness against the Lord.”

[22:31]  ⁷ tn On the use of אָז in a logical sense, see Waltke-O’Connor, Hebrew Syntax, 667.

[22:31]  ⁸ tn Heb “the hand (i.e., power) of the Lord.”