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Up to this very day we have not cleansed ourselves from that sin, even though a plague fell on the community of the LORD!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/joshua/22.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Was our sin at Peor not enough? To this day we are not fully cleansed of it, even after the plague that struck the entire community of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/joshua/22.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Have we not had enough of the sin at Peor from which even yet we have not cleansed ourselves, and for which there came a plague upon the congregation of the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/joshua/22.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/joshua/22.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><i>Is</i> the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/joshua/22.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br /><i>Is</i> the iniquity of Peor not enough for us, from which we are not cleansed till this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/joshua/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Is the wrongdoing of Peor not enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although a plague came on the congregation of the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/joshua/22.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216Is not the iniquity of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although a plague came on the congregation of the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/joshua/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Is not the iniquity of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although a plague came on the congregation of the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/joshua/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Is the iniquity of Peor too small <i>a thing</i> for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although there was a plague on the congregation of Yahweh?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/joshua/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Is the wrongdoing (idolatry) of Peor not enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, even though the affliction [in which twenty-four thousand died] came on the congregation of the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/joshua/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Wasn’t the iniquity of Peor, which brought a plague on the LORD’s community, enough for us? We have not cleansed ourselves from it even to this day,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/joshua/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Wasn&#8217t the sin of Peor, which brought a plague on the LORD&#8217s community, enough for us, so that we have not cleansed ourselves from it even to this day,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/joshua/22.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves unto this day, although there came a plague upon the congregation of Jehovah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/joshua/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Wasn't our people's sin at Peor terrible enough for you? The LORD punished us by sending a horrible sickness that killed many of us, and we still suffer because of that sin. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/joshua/22.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves unto this day, although there came a plague upon the congregation of the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/joshua/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Does the sin we committed at Peor mean nothing to us anymore? Didn't we cleanse ourselves from it? Because of that sin there was a plague on the LORD's congregation!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/joshua/22.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Remember our sin at Peor, when the LORD punished his own people with an epidemic? We are still suffering because of that. Wasn't that sin enough? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/joshua/22.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Isn't the evil that happened at Peor enough for us, from which we have yet to be completely cleansed even to this point, and because of which a plague came upon the community of the LORD? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/joshua/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/joshua/22.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The sin we committed at Peor was bad enough. To this very day we have not purified ourselves; it even brought a plague on the community of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/joshua/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although there came a plague on the congregation of the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/joshua/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/joshua/22.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although there came a plague on the congregation of Yahweh, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/joshua/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Is the iniquity of Peor little to us, from which we have not been cleansed until this day—and the plague is in the congregation of YHWH,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/joshua/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Is the iniquity of Peor little to us, from which we have not been cleansed till this day -- and the plague is in the company of Jehovah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/joshua/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Was the iniquity of Peor little for us, which we were not cleansed from it till this day, and there will be a smiting in the assembly of Jehovah?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/joshua/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Is it a small thing to you that you sinned with Beelphegor, and the stain of that crime remaineth in us to this day? and many of the people perished. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/joshua/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Is it a small thing to you that you have sinned with Baal of Peor, and that the stain of that crime continues among us, even to the present day? And many of the people have fallen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/joshua/22.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Is the iniquity of Peor not enough, by which we made ourselves impure, even to this day, and a plague came upon the community of the LORD?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/joshua/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Have we not had enough of the sin at Peor from which even yet we have not cleansed ourselves, and for which a plague came upon the congregation of the LORD,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/joshua/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Is the iniquity of Peor not enough for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/joshua/22.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Is not the sin of Peor enough for us, for we are not purged from it until today, and there was a plague in the assembly of LORD JEHOVAH?<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/joshua/22.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves unto this day, although there came a plague upon the congregation of the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/joshua/22.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Is the sin of Phogor too little for you, whereas we have not been cleansed from it until this day, though there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/joshua/22-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p91zXIGB0Rk?start=5792" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/joshua/22.htm">The Offensive Altar</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">16</span>“This is what the whole congregation of the LORD says: ‘What is this breach of faith you have committed today against the God of Israel by turning away from the LORD and building for yourselves an altar, that you might rebel against the LORD this day? <span class="reftext">17</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: ‘ă·wōn (N-csc) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">Was not the sin</a> <a href="/hebrew/6465.htm" title="6465: pə·‘ō·wr (N-proper-fs) -- From pa'ar; a gap; Peor, a mountain East of Jordan; also a deity worshipped there.">of Peor</a> <a href="/hebrew/4592.htm" title="4592: ham·‘aṭ- (Art:: Adj-msc) -- A little, fewness, a few. Or miat; from ma'at; a little or few.">enough</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·nū (Prep:: 1cp) -- ">for us,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">from which</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">we have not</a> <a href="/hebrew/2891.htm" title="2891: hiṭ·ṭa·har·nū (V-Hitpael-Perf-1cp) -- To be clean or pure. A primitive root; properly, to be bright; i.e. to be pure.">cleansed</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: mim·men·nū (Prep:: 3ms) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">ourselves</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day?</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">It even brought</a> <a href="/hebrew/5063.htm" title="5063: han·ne·ḡep̄ (Art:: N-ms) -- A blow, a striking. From nagaph; a trip; figuratively, an infliction.">a plague</a> <a href="/hebrew/5712.htm" title="5712: ba·‘ă·ḏaṯ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Congregation. Feminine of ed in the original sense of fixture; a stated assemblage.">upon the congregation</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD.</a> </span><span class="reftext">18</span>And now, would you turn away from the LORD? If you rebel today against the LORD, tomorrow He will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/25-1.htm">Numbers 25:1-9</a></span><br />While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab, / who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods. / So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/4-3.htm">Deuteronomy 4:3-4</a></span><br />Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor. / But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive to this day, every one of you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-28.htm">Psalm 106:28-31</a></span><br />They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods. / So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them. / But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-8.htm">1 Corinthians 10:8</a></span><br />We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-14.htm">Revelation 2:14</a></span><br />But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/31-16.htm">Numbers 31:16</a></span><br />“Look, these women caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to turn unfaithfully against the LORD at Peor, so that the plague struck the congregation of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-10.htm">Hosea 9:10</a></span><br />I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-15.htm">2 Peter 2:15</a></span><br />They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-6.htm">1 Corinthians 5:6</a></span><br />Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-11.htm">1 Corinthians 10:11</a></span><br />Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/13-6.htm">Deuteronomy 13:6-11</a></span><br />If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known, / the gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, whether from one end of the earth or the other), / you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-14.htm">2 Corinthians 6:14-18</a></span><br />Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? / What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? / What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/5-21.htm">1 John 5:21</a></span><br />Little children, keep yourselves from idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/32-1.htm">Exodus 32:1-6</a></span><br />Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!” / So Aaron told them, “Take off the gold earrings that are on your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.” / Then all the people took off their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-1.htm">1 Kings 11:1-8</a></span><br />King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. / These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love. / He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,</p><p class="hdg">Is the iniquity</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/25-3.htm">Numbers 25:3,4</a></b></br> And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/4-3.htm">Deuteronomy 4:3,4</a></b></br> Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/106-28.htm">Psalm 106:28,29</a></b></br> They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead… </p><p class="hdg">from which</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/9-13.htm">Ezra 9:13,14</a></b></br> And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities <i>deserve</i>, and hast given us <i>such</i> deliverance as this; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/10-8.htm">1 Corinthians 10:8,11</a></b></br> Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/17-18.htm">Although</a> <a href="/joshua/22-12.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-3.htm">Baal-Peor</a> <a href="/numbers/35-33.htm">Cleansed</a> <a href="/joshua/17-18.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/joshua/9-27.htm">Company</a> <a href="/joshua/22-16.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/joshua/17-16.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-4.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/joshua/8-35.htm">Little</a> <a href="/joshua/9-12.htm">Ourselves</a> <a href="/joshua/13-20.htm">Peor</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-3.htm">Pe'or</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-61.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/joshua/20-5.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-51.htm">Sin</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/12-2.htm">Although</a> <a href="/joshua/22-18.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/psalms/106-28.htm">Baal-Peor</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-10.htm">Cleansed</a> <a href="/judges/1-24.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/joshua/22-18.htm">Company</a> <a href="/joshua/22-18.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/judges/6-38.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/joshua/22-20.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/judges/4-19.htm">Little</a> <a href="/joshua/22-26.htm">Ourselves</a> <a href="/psalms/106-28.htm">Peor</a> <a href="/psalms/106-28.htm">Pe'or</a> <a href="/joshua/24-5.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/1_samuel/3-13.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/joshua/22-20.htm">Sin</a><div class="vheading2">Joshua 22</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/22-1.htm">The two tribes and a half with a blessing are sent home,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/22-10.htm">They build the altar of testimony in their journey</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/22-11.htm">The Israelites are offended thereat</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/22-21.htm">They vindicate their conduct, and give them good satisfaction</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This event highlights the dangers of syncretism and the temptation to adopt pagan practices. The rhetorical question emphasizes the severity of the sin and serves as a warning against repeating past mistakes. It underscores the importance of faithfulness to God and the consequences of disobedience.<p><b>from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day?</b><br>This phrase suggests that the effects of the sin of Peor lingered among the Israelites, indicating a lasting impact on the community. It reflects the idea that sin can have enduring consequences, both spiritually and communally. The notion of cleansing implies a need for repentance and purification, which is a recurring theme in the Old Testament. This ongoing need for cleansing points to the insufficiency of human efforts and the ultimate need for divine intervention, foreshadowing the redemptive work of Christ.<p><b>It even brought a plague upon the congregation of the LORD.</b><br>The plague mentioned here is the one described in <a href="/numbers/25-9.htm">Numbers 25:9</a>, where 24,000 Israelites died as a result of God's judgment. This serves as a stark reminder of the seriousness with which God views sin and the collective responsibility of the community. The term "congregation of the LORD" emphasizes the covenant relationship between God and His people, highlighting the expectation of holiness and obedience. The plague can be seen as a type of divine judgment that points to the ultimate judgment and the need for a savior, fulfilled in Jesus Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/joshua.htm">Joshua</a></b><br>The leader of Israel after Moses, who led the Israelites into the Promised Land and oversaw the division of the land among the tribes.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/peor.htm">Peor</a></b><br>A location where the Israelites sinned by engaging in idolatry and immorality with the Moabite women, leading to God's wrath and a devastating plague.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who were delivered from Egypt and given the Promised Land, yet struggled with faithfulness to God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_plague.htm">The Plague</a></b><br>A divine punishment that fell upon the Israelites as a result of their sin at Peor, highlighting the seriousness of their transgression.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_transjordan_tribes.htm">The Transjordan Tribes</a></b><br>The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, who settled on the east side of the Jordan River and were involved in the events of <a href="/bsb/joshua/22.htm">Joshua 22</a>.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_sin.htm">The Seriousness of Sin</a></b><br>The sin at Peor serves as a stark reminder of how sin can have lasting consequences and affect the entire community. Believers must remain vigilant against sin and its deceitfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance.htm">The Importance of Repentance</a></b><br>The Israelites' ongoing struggle with the sin of Peor underscores the need for genuine repentance and cleansing from sin. Christians are called to regularly examine their hearts and seek God's forgiveness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_accountability.htm">Community Accountability</a></b><br>The concern expressed in <a href="/joshua/22-17.htm">Joshua 22:17</a> highlights the importance of accountability within the faith community. Believers should encourage one another to remain faithful and address sin lovingly and truthfully.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leadership.htm">The Role of Leadership</a></b><br>Joshua's leadership in addressing the potential sin of the Transjordan tribes demonstrates the responsibility of leaders to guide and protect their communities from spiritual danger.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_idolatry.htm">The Consequences of Idolatry</a></b><br>The events at Peor illustrate the destructive nature of idolatry, which can lead to spiritual and physical ruin. Christians are called to worship God alone and guard against modern forms of idolatry.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joshua_22.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joshua 22</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_divine_punishment_in_joshua_22.htm">If the eastern tribes truly risked idolatry, as it appears in Joshua 22:16-18, why does the narrative not record any divine punishment or sign to confirm the seriousness of the offense?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_swift_response_in_joshua_22_12.htm">Why does Joshua 22:12 describe such a swift and violent response if the tribes' intentions were innocent, yet no physical confrontation ultimately ensued?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_blood_on_doorposts_rational_scientific.htm">Exodus 12:13 - Does the notion of blood on doorposts literally deterring divine judgment align with a rational or scientific perspective?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_bible's_stance_on_stoning.htm">What is the Bible's stance on stoning?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/joshua/22.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(17) <span class= "bld">The iniquity of Peor.</span>--A very natural subject for reference on the part of Phinehas, who had distinguished himself by his zealous opposition to it.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joshua/22.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 17.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Is the iniquity of Peer too little for us?</span> How natural the illustration in the mouth of the speaker! It was Phinehas who had avenged the iniquity of Peer, and arrested the judgment for that offence as it was about to fall. How natural that the occurrence should be, as it were, branded upon his memory with a hot iron, and that the mention of it should spring at once to his lips when he saw his brethren, as he thought, upon the verge of a similar offence! Peor is, of course, a contraction for Baal-Peor (<a href="/numbers/25-3.htm">Numbers 25:3</a>). This god derives his name probably from Mount Peer, or "the cloven mountain" (<a href="/numbers/23-28.htm">Numbers 23:28</a>). <span class="cmt_word">From which we are not cleansed until this day.</span> Here we have the expression of the feeling which was never removed until Christ came. It was not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats could take away sin. No ceremonial lustrations could "cleanse us from its guilt and power." No destruction of the prime mover of the offence, though it may avert the wrath of God, can remove the moral reproach which lies upon the sinner. Not even the destruction of twenty-four thousand persons (<a href="/numbers/25-9.htm">Numbers 25:9</a>) can purify Israel from the taint of pollution. In the eyes of a sincere servant like Phinehas, the stigma rests upon Israel still, nor could anything avail to take it away. Truly, the law was, indeed, "our schoolmaster, to bring us to Christ." What Keil says of Calvin's explanation, that "the remembrance was not yet quite buried, nor the anger of God extinct," is unsatisfactory. His own explanation, that "the heart of Israel still delighted in their sin," is even more so, since we have no evidence whatever that this was the case at the time of which we are speaking. We have here again to remark that the history in Numbers is here presupposed, and an allusion to an incident in Numbers is here placed in the mouth of one of the chief actors in it. How natural, if the history be a veracious one! How marvellously ingenious, if it he not! The circumstance is mentioned again in Hosea, in the time of Jotham or Hezekiah, and again in <a href="/psalms/106.htm">Psalm 106</a>, which would appear to have been written during the captivity. Thus we have a chain of testimony concerning it which makes it difficult to assign a time for the invention of the story, if it be invented, since all references to it in Scripture are perfectly consistent with each other, and display none of the signs of gradual growth which we invariably find in the case of legends. <span class="cmt_word">A plague.</span> The original is noticeable, the plague; a natural mode of speech for one who well remembered it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/joshua/22-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Was not the sin</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲוֺ֣ן</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·wōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Peor</span><br /><span class="heb">פְּע֔וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(pə·‘ō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6465.htm">Strong's 6465: </a> </span><span class="str2">Peor -- a mountain in Moab, also a god worshiped there</span><br /><br /><span class="word">enough</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמְעַט־</span> <span class="translit">(ham·‘aṭ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4592.htm">Strong's 4592: </a> </span><span class="str2">A little, fewness, a few</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for us,</span><br /><span class="heb">לָ֙נוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(lā·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">from which</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֤ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">we have not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cleansed</span><br /><span class="heb">הִטַּהַ֙רְנוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(hiṭ·ṭa·har·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2891.htm">Strong's 2891: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be clean or pure</span><br /><br /><span class="word">ourselves</span><br /><span class="heb">מִמֶּ֔נּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(mim·men·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֖ד</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֶּ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day?</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיּ֣וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(hay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">It even brought</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְהִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(way·hî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a plague</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנֶּ֖גֶף</span> <span class="translit">(han·ne·ḡep̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5063.htm">Strong's 5063: </a> </span><span class="str2">A trip, an infliction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">upon the congregation</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּעֲדַ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(ba·‘ă·ḏaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5712.htm">Strong's 5712: </a> </span><span class="str2">A stated assemblage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/22-17.htm">Joshua 22:17 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/joshua/22-17.htm">Joshua 22:17 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/joshua/22-17.htm">Joshua 22:17 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/joshua/22-17.htm">Joshua 22:17 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/joshua/22-17.htm">Joshua 22:17 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/22-17.htm">Joshua 22:17 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joshua/22-17.htm">Joshua 22:17 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/joshua/22-17.htm">Joshua 22:17 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/joshua/22-17.htm">Joshua 22:17 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/joshua/22-17.htm">Joshua 22:17 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/joshua/22-17.htm">OT History: Joshua 22:17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little (Josh. 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