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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”

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