Yosua 8:31

8:31 just as Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded the Israelites. As described in the law scroll of Moses, it was made with uncut stones untouched by an iron tool. ¹  They offered burnt sacrifices on it and sacrificed tokens of peace. ² 

Yosua 22:31

22:31 Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, said to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the Manassehites, ³  “Today we know that the Lord is among us, because you have not disobeyed the Lord in this. ⁴  Now ⁵  you have rescued the Israelites from the Lord’s judgment.” ⁶ 

[8:31]  ¹ tn Heb “as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones on which no one had wielded iron.” The expression “whole stones” refers to stones in their natural condition, i.e., not carved or shaped artificially with tools (“wielded iron”).

[8:31]  ² tn Or “peace offerings.”

[22:31]  ³ tn Heb “the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh.”

[22:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “because you were not unfaithful with this unfaithfulness against the Lord.”

[22:31]  ⁵ tn On the use of אָז in a logical sense, see Waltke-O’Connor, Hebrew Syntax, 667.

[22:31]  ⁶ tn Heb “the hand (i.e., power) of the Lord.”