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24 But we did this because we were concerned for a reason, since we thought, ‘Sometime in the future your descendants may say to our descendants, “What do you have in common[a] with the Lord, the God of Israel? 25 The Lord has established the Jordan River to be a territorial border between us and you. Descendants of Reuben and descendants of Gad have no allotment from the Lord.” So your descendants may cause our descendants to stop fearing the Lord.’

26 “That’s why we said, ‘Let’s build an altar for ourselves, not for burnt offerings or sacrifice,

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  1. Joshua 22:24 The Heb. lacks have in common