Joshua 24:32

The bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the piece of ground which Jacob had bought for a hundred silver pieces from the sons of Hamer, the father of Shechem, and presented to the descendants of Joseph as their own.

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And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

In Context

31Israel served the Lord during all the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who survived Joshua and who had known all the deeds done by the Lord for Israel.

33Eleazar the son of Aaron died also, and they buried him at Gibeath, which had been given to his son Phinehas, in the highlands of Ephraim.

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Cross References

Genesis 33:19He bought the piece of ground where he pitched his tent from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for four hundred shekels;

Genesis 50:25Joseph required an oath of the Israelites, saying, “When God remembers you, as he surely will, then you must carry up my bones from here.”

John 4:5and, on his way, he came to a Samaritan town called Shechem, near the plot of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

Hebrews 11:22Faith caused Joseph, when his end was near, to speak of the future migration of the Israelites, and to give instructions with regard to his bones.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 24:30-33

The Death of Joshua. ( b. c. 1427.) 29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord , died, being a hundred and ten years old. 30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash. 31 And Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the Lord , that he had done for Israel. 32 And the bones of… Read the whole commentary →

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