Joshua 22:17 meaning and explanation
Was not the sin of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day? It even brought a plague upon the congregation of the LORD.
Joshua 22:17, Berean Standard Bible
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Phinehas and the tribal chiefs are confronting the eastern tribes at Gilead, fearing their new altar means apostasy. Verse 17 appeals to a recent memory: the sin of Peor, when Israelites joined themselves to the Baal of Peor and a plague struck the congregation (Numbers 25).
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