Joshua 22:17

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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,

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Peor was the site east of the Jordan where Israel’s idolatry brought divine judgment (Num. 25). Gilead and Bashan lay east of the Jordan, while Canaan and Shiloh were west of it; the western tribes fear that an altar in Gilead could repeat Peor’s covenant-breaking rebellion.

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Joshua 22:17 mentions Bashan, Canaan, Gilead, Jordan, Peor and Shiloh.