Focused Passage

Joshua 24:29-33

Covenant Renewal at Shechem and the Death of Joshua

Joshua gathers Israel at Shechem, rehearses the LORD’s gracious acts, calls the people to choose whom they will serve, renews covenant with them, sets up a witness stone, and the book closes with the deaths and burials of Joshua and Eleazar and the burial of Joseph’s bones.

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29Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.

30And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

31Israel had served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced all the works that the LORD had done for Israel.

32And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.

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

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Verse 29

Original words

-וַיְהִ֗יH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularSome time laterאַֽחֲרֵי֙H310Preposition. . .הָאֵ֔לֶּהH428Article | Pronoun - common plural. . .הַדְּבָרִ֣יםH1697Article | Noun - masculine pluralJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֥עַH3091Noun - proper - masculine singularsonבִּן־H1121Noun - masculine singular constructof Nunנ֖וּןH5126Noun - proper - masculine singularthe servantעֶ֣בֶדH5650Noun - masculine singular constructof the LORDיְהוָ֑הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singulardiedוַיָּ֛מָתH4191Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularat the ageבֶּן־H1121Noun - masculine singular construct. . .שָׁנִֽים׃H8141Noun - feminine pluralof 110מֵאָ֥הH3967Number - feminine singularוָעֶ֖שֶׂרוָעֶ֖שֶׂרH6235Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular
Verse 30

Original words

And they buriedוַיִּקְבְּר֤וּH6912Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralhimאֹתוֹ֙H853Direct object marker | third person masculine singularin the landבִּגְב֣וּלH1366Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructof his inheritanceנַחֲלָת֔וֹH5159Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularvvvבְּתִמְנַת־H8556Prepositionat Timnath-serahסֶ֖רַחH8556Preposition | Noun - proper - feminine singular-אֲשֶׁ֣רH834Pronoun - relativein the hill countryבְּהַר־H2022Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructof Ephraimאֶפְרָ֑יִםH669Noun - proper - masculine singularnorthמִצְּפ֖וֹןH6828Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular constructof Mountלְהַר־H2022Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular constructGaashגָּֽעַשׁ׃H1608Noun - proper - feminine singular

BSB notes

  • Timnath-serah is also known as Timnath-heres; see Judges 2:9.
Verse 31

Original words

Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙H3478Noun - proper - masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerhad servedוַיַּעֲבֹ֤דH5647Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularthe LORDיְהוָ֔הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularthroughoutכֹּ֖לH3605Noun - masculine singular constructthe daysיְמֵ֣יH3117Noun - masculine plural constructof Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַH3091Noun - proper - masculine singular[and]וְכֹ֣ל׀H3605Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct. . .יְמֵ֣יH3117Noun - masculine plural constructof the eldersהַזְּקֵנִ֗יםH2205Article | Adjective - masculine pluralwhoאֲשֶׁ֨רH834Pronoun - relativeoutlivedהֶאֱרִ֤יכוּH748Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural. . .יָמִים֙H3117Noun - masculine plural. . .אַחֲרֵ֣יH310Preposition[him]יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַH3091Noun - proper - masculine singularandוַאֲשֶׁ֣רH834Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - relativewho had experiencedיָדְע֗וּH3045Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural-אֵ֚תH853Direct object markerallכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructthe worksמַעֲשֵׂ֣הH4639Noun - masculine singular constructthatאֲשֶׁ֥רH834Pronoun - relativethe LORDיְהוָ֔הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularhad doneעָשָׂ֖הH6213Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularfor Israelלְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃H3478Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Verse 32

Original words

Andוְאֶת־H853Conjunctive waw | Direct object markerthe bonesעַצְמ֣וֹתH6106Noun - feminine plural constructof Josephי֠וֹסֵףH3130Noun - proper - masculine singularwhichאֲשֶׁר־H834Pronoun - relativethe Israelitesבְנֵי־H1121Noun - masculine plural construct. . .יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל׀H3478Noun - proper - masculine singularhad brought upהֶעֱל֨וּH5927Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common pluralout of Egyptמִמִּצְרַיִם֮H4714Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singularwere buriedקָבְר֣וּH6912Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralat Shechemבִשְׁכֶם֒H7927Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singularin the plotבְּחֶלְקַ֣תH2513Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular constructof landהַשָּׂדֶ֗הH7704Article | Noun - masculine singularthatאֲשֶׁ֨רH834Pronoun - relativeJacobיַעֲקֹ֛בH3290Noun - proper - masculine singular. . .מֵאֵ֛תH854Preposition-m | Direct object markerhad purchasedקָנָ֧הH7069Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularfrom the sonsבְּנֵֽי־H1121Noun - masculine plural constructof Hamorחֲמ֥וֹרH2544Noun - proper - masculine singularShechem’sשְׁכֶ֖םH7927Noun - proper - masculine singularfatherאֲבִֽי־H1Noun - masculine singular constructfor a hundredבְּמֵאָ֣הH3967Preposition-b | Number - feminine singularpieces of silverקְשִׂיטָ֑הH7192Noun - feminine singularSo it becameוַיִּֽהְי֥וּH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralan inheritanceלְנַחֲלָֽה׃H5159Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singularfor Joseph’sיוֹסֵ֖ףH3130Noun - proper - masculine singulardescendantsלִבְנֵֽי־H1121Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct

BSB notes

  • Hebrew a hundred kesitahs; the value or weight of the kesitah is no longer known.
Verse 33

Original words

Eleazarוְאֶלְעָזָ֥רH499Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singularsonבֶּֽן־H1121Noun - masculine singular constructof Aaronאַהֲרֹ֖ןH175Noun - proper - masculine singularalso diedמֵ֑תH4191Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularand they buriedוַיִּקְבְּר֣וּH6912Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralhimאֹת֗וֹH853Direct object marker | third person masculine singularat Gibeahבְּגִבְעַת֙H1389Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular constructwhichאֲשֶׁ֥רH834Pronoun - relativehad been givenנִתַּן־H5414Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singularto hisל֖וֹPreposition | third person masculine singularsonבְּנ֔וֹH1121Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularPhinehasפִּֽינְחָ֣סH6372Noun - proper - masculine singularin the hill countryבְּהַ֥רH2022Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructof Ephraimאֶפְרָֽיִם׃H669Noun - proper - masculine singular

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