29 And after these things, Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord died, being an hundred and ten years old.

30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in (A)Timnath Serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the North side of mount Gaash.

31 And Israel [a]served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the Elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the Lord that he had done for Israel.

32 And the (B)bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem in a parcel of ground, which Jacob bought of (C)the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem, for an hundred pieces of silver, and the children of Joseph had them in their inheritance.

33 Also Eleazar the son of Aaron died, whom they buried in [b]the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 24:31 Such are the people commonly as their rulers are.
  2. Joshua 24:33 Hebrew, Gibeath Phinehas.

Buried in the Promised Land(A)

29 After these things, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died(B) at the age of a hundred and ten.(C) 30 And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Serah[a](D) in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.(E)

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

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

33 And Eleazar son of Aaron(J) died and was buried at Gibeah,(K) which had been allotted to his son Phinehas(L) in the hill country(M) of Ephraim.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 24:30 Also known as Timnath Heres (see Judges 2:9)
  2. Joshua 24:32 Hebrew hundred kesitahs; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value.