²⁵ So Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath: “When God comes to your aid, you are to carry my bones up from here.”^(A)

³² Joseph’s bones, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt,^(A) 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](B) It was an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.

¹⁶ were carried back to Shechem, and were placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.^(A)

²² By faith Joseph, as he was nearing the end of his life, mentioned^[a] the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions concerning his bones.^(A)