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29 After these things, Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being one hundred ten years old. 30 They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash. 31 Israel served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of Yahweh, that he had worked for Israel. 32 They buried the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of silver.[a] They became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. 33 Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim.

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  1. 24:32 Hebrew: kesitahs. A kesitah was a kind of silver coin.

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