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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

29 After these things Joshua son of Nun servant of Yahweh died; he was one hundred and ten years old.[a] 30 They buried him in the territory of his inheritance, at Timnath-Serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash. 31 Israel served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who lived long after Joshua, and who had known all the work that Yahweh did for Israel.[b] 32 The bones of Jacob, which the Israelites[c] had brought out from Egypt, they buried at Shechem, in a piece of land that Jacob had bought from the children of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred pieces of money;[d] it became an inheritance for the descendants[e] of Joseph. 33 And Eleazar son of Aaron died; and they buried him in Gibeah in the hill country of Ephraim, which had been given to his son Phinehas.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 24:29 Literally “a son of one hundred and ten years”
  2. Joshua 24:31 Joshua 24:28–31 is repeated in Judges 2:6–10
  3. Joshua 24:32 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  4. Joshua 24:32 Hebrew kesitah
  5. Joshua 24:32 Or “sons”