Joshua 24:29-33

Joshua's Death and Burial

29 It came about 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 in the territory of his inheritance in ¹Timnath-serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of Mount Gaash.

31 ²Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who survived * * Joshua, and had known all the deeds of the LORD which He had done for Israel.

32 Now ³they buried the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel brought up from Egypt, at Shechem, in the piece of ground ⁴which Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for one hundred pieces of money; and they became the inheritance of Joseph's sons.

33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him at Gibeah of ⁵Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim.

Joshua 24:29-33 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

• 1. Joshua 19:50
• 2. Judges 2:6
• 3. Genesis 50:24, 25; Exodus 13:19
• 4. Genesis 33:19; John 4:5; Acts 7:15
• 5. Joshua 22:13

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "prolonged days after"
• [b]. Heb "qesitah"
• [c]. Or "on the hill"