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.

Death of Joshua and Eleazar

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

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

32 The bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem, in the portion of ground that Jacob had bought from the children of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred pieces of money;[a] it became an inheritance of the descendants of Joseph.(D)

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

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Footnotes

  1. 24.32 Heb one hundred qesitah