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31 And Israel serveth Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who prolonged days after Joshua, and who knew all the work of Jehovah which He did to Israel.

32 And the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel brought up out of Egypt, they buried in Shechem, in the portion of the field which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor father of Shechem, with a hundred kesitah; and they are to the sons of Joseph for an inheritance.

33 And Eleazar son of Aaron died, and they bury him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given to him in the hill-country of Ephraim.

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31 Israel served the Lord throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders(A) who outlived him and who had experienced everything the Lord had done for Israel.

32 And Joseph’s bones,(B) which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt,(C) were buried at Shechem in the tract of land(D) that Jacob bought for a hundred pieces of silver[a] from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. This became the inheritance of Joseph’s descendants.

33 And Eleazar son of Aaron(E) died and was buried at Gibeah,(F) which had been allotted to his son Phinehas(G) in the hill country(H) of Ephraim.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 24:32 Hebrew hundred kesitahs; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value.