complete verse (Joshua 22:19)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joshua 22:19:

  • Kupsabiny: “Now, if your country is not clean, you can cross over to this side where the Tent of God is, so we can share our land with you. If/When you build a useless altar where/when it is not the right one, you have refused God and then you have brought pain also to us.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “If the land that you possess has become unclean, come to the land of the LORD where his Tabernacle stands and share the land with us. But do not rebell against the LORD and us by building another altar then the altar of the LORD our God.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “So, if you (plur.) need the altar because your (plur.) land is consider dirty, [you (plur.)] cross-over there to us (excl.), to the land of the LORD where the Tent for worshiping him (is), and there you (plur.) are- now -to-live/dwell. But [you (plur.)] do- not just -set-up/build/[lit. -cause-to-stand] another altar except the altar of the LORD our (incl.) God, because that (is) an (act of) rebellion-against him and us (excl.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘If you think that Yahweh considers that your land here is not suitable for worshiping him, come back to our land where Yahweh’s Sacred Tent is. We can share our land with you. But do not rebel against Yahweh and against us by building another altar for Yahweh our God.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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