Joshua 24:29-31

Joshua's Death and Burial

29 1After 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 2Timnath-serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, north of the mountain of Gaash.
31 3Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua 4and had known all the work that the LORD did for Israel.

Joshua 24:29-31 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 24

This chapter gives us an account of another summons of the tribes of Israel by Joshua, who obeyed it, and presented themselves before the Lord at Shechem, Jos 24:1; when Joshua in the name of the Lord rehearsed to them the many great and good things the Lord had done for them, from the time of their ancestor Abraham to that day, Jos 24:2-13; and then exhorted them to fear and serve the Lord, and reject idols, Jos 24:14; and put them upon making their choice, whether they would serve the true God, or the gods of the Canaanites; and they choosing the former, he advised them to abide by their choice, Jos 24:15-24; and made a covenant with them to that purpose, and then dismissed them, Jos 24:25-28; and the chapter is concluded with an account of the death and burial of Joshua and Eleazar, and of the interment of the bones of Joseph, Jos 24:29-33.

Cross References 4

  • 1. For ver. 29-31, see Judges 2:7-9
  • 2. [Joshua 19:50]
  • 3. Judges 2:7
  • 4. Deuteronomy 11:2; Deuteronomy 31:13
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