Joshua 22:17-19

Contemporary English Version

¹⁷^(A) Wasn't our people's sin at Peor^[a] terrible enough for you? The Lord punished us by sending a horrible sickness that killed many of us, and we still suffer because of that sin.^[b] ¹⁸Now you are turning your backs on the Lord again.

If you don't stop rebelling against the Lord at once, he will be angry with the whole nation. ¹⁹If you don't think your land is a fit place to serve God, then move across the Jordan and live with us in the Lord's own land, where his sacred tent is located. But don't rebel against the Lord our God or against us by building another altar besides the Lord's own altar.^[c]

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Footnotes

22.17 our people's sin at Peor: See Numbers 25.
22.17 we still … sin: Or “There are still people in Israel who want to worship other gods.”
22.19 or against … altar: Or “by building another altar besides the Lord's own altar. That would even make us into rebels along with you.”