Joshua 8:31

Context
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

Context
22:23 If we have built³ an altar for ourselves to turn back from following the Lord by making⁴ burnt sacrifices and grain offerings on it, or by offering⁵ tokens of peace⁶ on it, the Lord himself will punish us.⁷

Joshua 22:27-29

Context
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 presence⁹ 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 22:28 We said, ‘If in the future they say such a thing¹² to us or to our descendants, we will reply, “See the model of the Lord’s altar that our ancestors¹³ made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a reminder to us and you.”’¹⁴ 22:29 Far be it from us to rebel against the Lord by turning back today from following after the Lord by building an altar for burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace¹⁵ aside from the altar of the Lord our God located in front of his dwelling place!”¹⁶

[8:31] ¹tn 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”).

[8:31] ²tn Or “peace offerings.”

[22:23] ³tn Heb “by building.” The prepositional phrase may be subordinated to what precedes, “if in unfaithfulness…by building.”

[22:23] ⁴tn Heb “or if to offer up.”

[22:23] ⁵tn Heb “or if to make.”

[22:23] ⁶tn Or “peace offerings.”

[22:23] ⁷tn Heb “the Lord, he will seek.” Perhaps this is a self-imprecation in an oath, “may the Lord himself punish us.”

[22:27] ⁵tn Heb “but it is a witness between us and you.”

[22:27] ⁶tn Heb “to do the service of the Lord before him.”

[22:27] ⁷tn Or “peace offerings.”

[22:27] ⁸tn Heb “You have no portion in the Lord.”

[22:28] ⁷tn The words “such a thing” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[22:28] ⁸tn Heb “fathers.”

[22:28] ⁹tn Heb “but it is a witness between us and you.”

[22:29] ⁹tn Or “peace offerings.”

[22:29] ¹⁰sn The Lord’s dwelling place here refers to the tabernacle.