Joshua's Death and Burial

29 (A)After these things Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being 110 years old. 30 And they buried him in his own inheritance at (B)Timnath-serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, north of the mountain of Gaash.

31 (C)Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua (D)and had known all the work that the Lord did for Israel.

32 (E)As for the bones of Joseph, which the people of Israel brought up from Egypt, they buried them at Shechem, in the piece of land (F)that Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money.[a] It became an inheritance of the descendants of Joseph.

33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died, and they buried him at Gibeah, the town of (G)Phinehas his son, which had been given him in (H)the hill country of Ephraim.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 24:32 Hebrew for a hundred qesitah; a unit of money of unknown value

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 the Lord throughout Joshua’s lifetime and during the lifetimes of the elders who outlived Joshua(B) and who had experienced all the works the Lord 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 a hundred pieces of silver.[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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Footnotes

  1. 24:32 Lit a hundred qesitahs
  2. 24:33 = the Hill