Joshua 22:19 New English Translation
19 But if your own land[a] is impure,[b] cross over to the Lord’s own land,[c] where the Lord himself lives,[d] and settle down among us.[e] But don’t rebel against the Lord or us[f] by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the Lord our God.
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- Joshua 22:19 tn Heb “the land of your possession.”
- Joshua 22:19 sn The western tribes here imagine a possible motive for the action of the eastern tribes. T. C. Butler explains the significance of the land’s “impurity”: “East Jordan is impure because it is not Yahweh’s possession. Rather it is simply ‘your possession.’ That means it is land where Yahweh does not live, land which his presence has not sanctified and purified” (Joshua [WBC], 247).
- Joshua 22:19 tn Heb “the land of the possession of the Lord.”
- Joshua 22:19 tn Heb “where the dwelling place of the Lord resides.”sn The phrase where the Lord himself lives refers to the tabernacle.
- Joshua 22:19 tn Heb “and take for yourselves in our midst.”
- Joshua 22:19 tc Heb “and us to you rebel.” The reading of the MT, the accusative sign with suffix (וְאֹתָנוּ, veʾotanu), is problematic with the verb “rebel” (מָרַד, marad). Many Hebrew mss correctly read the negative particle אַל (ʾal) for the preposition אֶל (ʾel, “to”).
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