Death of Joshua and Eleazar

29 (A)Now it came to pass after these things that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being one hundred and ten years old. 30 And they buried him within the border of his inheritance at (B)Timnath Serah, which is in the mountains of Ephraim, on the north side of Mount Gaash.

31 (C)Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had (D)known all the works of the Lord which He had done for Israel.

32 (E)The bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel had brought up out of Egypt, they buried at Shechem, in the plot of ground (F)which Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for one hundred [a]pieces of silver, and which had become an inheritance of the children of Joseph.

33 And (G)Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in a hill belonging to (H)Phinehas his son, which was given to him in the mountains of Ephraim.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 24:32 Heb. qesitah, an unknown ancient measure of weight

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.