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19 If the land of your inheritance remains unclean, then cross back over into the land that the Lord possesses, and receive an inheritance among us. Don’t rebel against the Lord and against us by constructing an altar for yourselves besides the altar of the Lord our God. 20 Didn’t Zerah’s son Achan act treacherously with respect to the things banned by God,[a] and as a result God became angry at[b] the entire community of Israel? And that man was not the only one to die because of his iniquity.’”

21 The descendants of Reuben, the descendants of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the officials of the tribes[c] of Israel,

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 22:20 The Heb. lacks by God
  2. Joshua 22:20 Lit. result anger fell on
  3. Joshua 22:21 Lit. thousands