Joshua 24:32
They buried the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of silver. They became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
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Genesis 33:19He bought the parcel of ground where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for one hundred pieces of money.
Genesis 50:25Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”
John 4:5So he came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
Hebrews 11:22By faith Joseph, when his end was near, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning 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 →