Joshua 22:24-26

Modern English Version

²⁴ “We did this deed because we were worried that in the future your descendants might say, ‘What have you to do with the Lord God of Israel? ²⁵ The Lord made the Jordan a boundary between us and you, the descendants of Reuben and Gad. You have no share in the Lord!’ In this way your descendants might make our descendants to stop worshipping the Lord.

²⁶ “So we said to each other, ‘Let us build this altar, not for burnt offering or sacrifice,