Joshua’s Death and Burial

29 Now it came about after these things that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being 110 years old. 30 And they buried him in the territory of his inheritance, in (A)Timnath-serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of Mount Gaash.

31 (B)Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who [a]survived Joshua, and had known every deed of the Lord which He had done for Israel.

32 Now (C)they buried the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel brought up from Egypt, at Shechem, in the plot of land (D)which Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred [b]pieces of money; and they became the inheritance of Joseph’s sons. 33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him at Gibeah, the town of his son (E)Phinehas, which was given to him in the hill country of Ephraim.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 24:31 Lit prolonged days after
  2. Joshua 24:32 Heb qesitah

Burial of Three Leaders

29 After these things, the Lord’s servant, Joshua son of Nun, died at the age of 110. 30 They buried him in his allotted territory at Timnath-serah, in the hill country of Ephraim(A) north of Mount Gaash. 31 Israel worshiped Yahweh throughout Joshua’s lifetime and during the lifetimes of the elders who outlived Joshua(B) and who had experienced all the works Yahweh had done for Israel.

32 Joseph’s bones, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt,(C) were buried at Shechem in the parcel of land Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for 100 qesitahs.[a](D) It was an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.

33 And Eleazar son of Aaron died, and they buried him at Gibeah,[b] which had been given to his son Phinehas(E) in the hill country of Ephraim.

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  1. Joshua 24:32 The value of this currency is unknown.
  2. Joshua 24:33 = the Hill

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.