²⁵ And Joseph made the Israelites swear an oath^(A) and said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones^(B) up from this place.”^(C)

¹⁹ Moses took the bones of Joseph^(A) with him because Joseph had made the Israelites swear an oath. He had said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up with you from this place.”^[a](B)

¹⁹ For a hundred pieces of silver,^[a] he bought from the sons of Hamor,^(A) the father of Shechem,^(B) the plot of ground^(C) where he pitched his tent.^(D)

⁵ So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph.^(A)

¹⁶ Their bodies were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a certain sum of money.^(A)