Joshua 22:19
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But if you think the land of your possession to be unclean, pass over to the land wherein is the tabernacle of the Lord, and dwell among us: only depart not from the Lord, and from our society, by building an altar beside the altar of the Lord our God.

unclean

Exodus 15:17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thy inheritance, in thy most firm habitation, which thou hast made, O Lord; thy sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.

Leviticus 18:25-28 And with which the land is defiled: the abominations of which I will visit, that it may vomit out its inhabitants. . . .

Amos 7:17 And now hear thou the word of the Lord: Thou sayest, thou shalt not prophesy against Israel, and thou shalt not drop thy word upon the house of the idol.

Acts 10:14,15 But Peter said: Far be it from me. For I never did eat any thing that is common and unclean. . . .

Acts 11:8,9 And I said: Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth. . . .

wherein

Joshua 18:1 And all the children of Israel assembled together in Silo, and there they set up the tabernacle of the testimony, and the land was subdued before them.

Leviticus 17:8,9 And thou shalt say to them: The man of the house of Israel, and of the strangers who sojourn among you, that offereth a holocaust or a victim, . . .

Deuteronomy 12:5,6 But you shall come to the place, which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, and to dwell in it: . . .

2 Chronicles 11:13,16,17 And the priests and Levites, that were in all Israel, came to him out of all their seats, . . .

Context
The Offensive Altar
18And you have forsaken the Lord to day, and to morrow his wrath will rage against all Israel. 19But if you think the land of your possession to be unclean, pass over to the land wherein is the tabernacle of the Lord, and dwell among us: only depart not from the Lord, and from our society, by building an altar beside the altar of the Lord our God.20Did not Achan the son of Zare transgress the commandment of the Lord, and his wrath lay upon all the people of Israel? And he was but one man, and would to God he alone had perished in his wickedness.…
Cross References
Joshua 22:11
And when the children of Israel had heard of it, and certain messengers brought them an account that the children of Ruben, and of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasses had built an altar in the land of Chanaan, upon the banks of the Jordan, over against the children of Israel:

Daniel 10:13
But the prince of the kingdom of the Persians resisted me one and twenty days: and behold Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, and I remained there by the king of the Persians.

Lexicon
If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

indeed
וְאַ֨ךְ (wə·’aḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 389: A particle of affirmation, surely

the land
אֶ֣רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

of your inheritance
אֲחֻזַּתְכֶ֗ם (’ă·ḥuz·zaṯ·ḵem)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 272: Something seized, a possession

is unclean,
טְמֵאָ֜ה (ṭə·mê·’āh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2931: Unclean

[then] cross over
עִבְר֨וּ (‘iḇ·rū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

the land
אֶ֨רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

of the LORD's
יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

possession,
אֲחֻזַּ֤ת (’ă·ḥuz·zaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 272: Something seized, a possession

where
אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

the LORD’s
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

tabernacle
מִשְׁכַּ֣ן (miš·kan)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4908: A residence, the Tabernacle

stands,
שָֽׁכַן־ (šā·ḵan-)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7931: To settle down, abide, dwell

and take possession
וְהֵאָחֲז֖וּ (wə·hê·’ā·ḥă·zū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 270: To grasp, take hold, take possession

of it among us.
בְּתוֹכֵ֑נוּ (bə·ṯō·w·ḵê·nū)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 8432: A bisection, the centre

But do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

rebel
תִּמְרֹ֗דוּ (tim·rō·ḏū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4775: To rebel

against the LORD
וּבַֽיהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

or against us by building
בִּבְנֹֽתְכֶ֤ם (biḇ·nō·ṯə·ḵem)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build

for yourselves
לָכֶם֙ (lā·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 0: 0

an altar
מִזְבֵּ֔חַ (miz·bê·aḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4196: An altar

other than
מִֽבַּלְעֲדֵ֔י (mib·bal·‘ă·ḏê)
Preposition-m
Strong's Hebrew 1107: Apart from, except, without

the altar
מִזְבַּ֖ח (miz·baḥ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4196: An altar

of the LORD
יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

our God.
אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ (’ĕ·lō·hê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative


Additional Translations
If indeed the land of your inheritance is unclean, then cross over to the land of the LORD's possession, where the LORD’s tabernacle stands, and take possession of it among us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the LORD our God.Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass you over to the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD's tabernacle dwells, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the LORD our God.

Howbeit, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of Jehovah, wherein Jehovah's tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against Jehovah, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar besides the altar of Jehovah our God.

And now if the land of your possession be too little, cross over to the land of the possession of the Lord, where the tabernacle of the Lord dwells, and receive ye an inheritance among us; and do not become apostates from God, neither do ye apostatize from the Lord, because of your having built an altar apart from the altar of the Lord our God.

Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession is unclean, come over into the land of the possession of Jehovah, where Jehovah's tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession amongst us; but rebel not against Jehovah, and rebel not against us, in building for yourselves an altar besides the altar of Jehovah our God.

Howbeit, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD'S tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar besides the altar of the LORD our God.

Not withstanding, if the land of your possession is unclean, then pass ye over to the land of the possession of the LORD, in which the LORD'S tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar besides the altar of the LORD our God.

However, if the land of your possession is unclean, then pass over to the land of the possession of Yahweh, in which Yahweh's tabernacle dwells, and take possession among us; but don't rebel against Yahweh, nor rebel against us, in building an altar other than the altar of Yahweh our God.

'And surely, if the land of your possession is unclean, pass over for you unto the land of the possession of Jehovah, where the tabernacle of Jehovah hath tabernacled, and have possession in our midst; and against Jehovah rebel not, and against us rebel not, by your building for you an altar, besides the altar of Jehovah our God.
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