Death and Burial of Joshua and Eleazar
Joshua 24:28-33
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Jos.24.28 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- וישלח: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
- יהושע: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- את: PRT,acc
- העם: NOUN,m,sg,def
- איש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- לנחלתו: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,cons+3,m
Parallels
- Josh.21:43-45 (verbal): Like 24:28, these verses recount the LORD’s giving of the land and Israel’s possession—the completed allotment and the people dwelling in their inheritance.
- Num.26:52-56 (structural): These laws and procedures for apportioning the land by tribe explain the background for Israelites returning to their inheritances in Joshua 24:28.
- Deut.34:9 (allusion): Deut.34:9 describes Joshua’s commissioning and endowment with spirit to lead Israel—parallel to Joshua’s final acts of dismissing the people to their territories and effecting the leadership transition.
- Judg.2:7,10 (thematic): Judges 2 recalls that Israel served the LORD during Joshua’s lifetime and that a new generation arose after the leaders died—this echoes the closing of Joshua’s career and the dispersal of the people to their inheritances in 24:28.
Alternative generated candidates
- And Joshua sent the people, each to his inheritance.
- And Joshua sent the people away, each to his inheritance.
Jos.24.29 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ויהי: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
- אחרי: PREP
- הדברים: NOUN,m,pl,def
- האלה: DEM,pl
- וימת: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
- יהושע: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- בן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- נון: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- עבד: NOUN,m,sg,cons
- יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- בן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- מאה: NUM,f,sg,abs
- ועשר: CONJ+NUM,f,pl
- שנים: NOUN,f,pl,abs
Parallels
- Deuteronomy 34:5-7 (verbal): The death notice of Moses: records death of the LORD’s 'servant,' his age and summary remarks—parallels Joshua’s funerary formula and role as servant of the LORD.
- Judges 2:8 (quotation): An earlier account that repeats Joshua’s death and age almost verbatim; a narrative doublet that echoes Joshua 24:29.
- Joshua 24:31 (thematic): Immediate aftermath to Joshua’s death in the same chapter: notes Israel’s continued service to the LORD and the role of elders who outlived Joshua, linking death to national continuity.
- Genesis 50:26 (verbal): Joseph’s death notice records his age as 110—verbal parallel in age and the concise funerary formula (death at a specified age).
Alternative generated candidates
- And after these things Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being one hundred and ten years old.
- 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.
Jos.24.30 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ויקברו: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,pl
- אתו: PRON,3,m,sg,acc
- בגבול: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,def
- נחלתו: NOUN,f,sg,abs,suff:3,m
- בתמנת: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
- סרח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- אשר: PRON,rel
- בהר: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,def
- אפרים: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- מצפון: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- להר: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- געש: NOUN,m,sg,abs,proper
Parallels
- Judges 2:8-10 (quotation): Repeats the account of Joshua’s death and burial in Timnath-serah (hill country of Ephraim north of Mount Gaash); closely parallels Joshua’s wording and placement in the narrative.
- Deuteronomy 34:6 (thematic): Records the burial of another national leader (Moses) — both verses narrate the death and final resting place of Israel’s leaders and reflect traditions about burial sites.
- Joshua 24:32 (thematic): Nearby account about the burial of the bones of Joseph in the allotted inheritance (Shechem); highlights the theme of interment within tribal/ancestral land.
- Genesis 50:25 (allusion): Joseph’s request that his bones be carried out of Egypt to the Promised Land anticipates later burial practices and fulfillment (cf. Joshua 24:32), connecting promises about ancestral burial in the land.
- 1 Kings 2:10 (thematic): Notes the burial of King David in the City of David—another example of a prominent Israelite leader buried within his allotted or hereditary city, echoing the motif of leader’s burial in their domain.
Alternative generated candidates
- They buried him in the territory of his inheritance at Timnath‑serah, in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
- They buried him within the border of his inheritance at Timnath-serah, in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
Jos.24.31 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ויעבד: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
- ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- את: PRT,acc
- יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- כל: DET
- ימי: NOUN,m,pl,cs
- יהושע: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- וכל: CONJ+PRON,indef
- ימי: NOUN,m,pl,cs
- הזקנים: NOUN,m,pl,def
- אשר: PRON,rel
- האריכו: VERB,hiphil,perf,3,m,pl
- ימים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
- אחרי: PREP
- יהושע: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ואשר: CONJ+PRON,rel
- ידעו: VERB,qal,perf,3,pl
- את: PRT,acc
- כל: DET
- מעשה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- אשר: PRON,rel
- עשה: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
- לישראל: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- Judges 2:7 (verbal): Almost identical wording: Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him — a near verbal parallel to Joshua 24:31.
- Judges 2:8-10 (structural): Continues the same narrative sequence: Joshua and the elders die, and the next generation fails to know the LORD. Provides the contrasting aftermath to the faithfulness described in Josh 24:31.
- Psalm 78:4-7 (thematic): Emphasizes passing on the memory of God's works to following generations so they will serve him — echoes the motif of elders who 'knew all the work of the LORD' and sustained Israel's service.
- Deuteronomy 4:9-10 (thematic): Warnings to remember and teach to children the things your eyes have seen of God's deeds, paralleling the idea that elders who witnessed the LORD's acts preserved Israel's faithful service.
Alternative generated candidates
- Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua and who had known all the work of the LORD that he had done for Israel.
- Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua and who had known all the deeds of the LORD that he had done for Israel.
Jos.24.32 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ואת: CONJ
- עצמות: NOUN,f,pl,cons
- יוסף: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- אשר: PRON,rel
- העלו: VERB,hifil,perf,3,pl
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ממצרים: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs
- קברו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3m
- בשכם: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- בחלקת: PREP
- השדה: NOUN,m,sg,def
- אשר: PRON,rel
- קנה: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
- יעקב: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- מאת: PREP
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- חמור: PNOUN,m,sg
- אבי: NOUN,m,sg,cons
- שכם: NOUN,prop,m,sg
- במאה: PREP+NUM,card,sg,f
- קשיטה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- ויהיו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
- לבני: PREP
- יוסף: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- לנחלה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
Parallels
- Genesis 50:24-26 (quotation): Joseph's dying request that his bones be carried out of Egypt; Joshua 24:32 records the eventual fulfillment of that request.
- Exodus 13:19 (verbal): Moses took the bones of Joseph when Israel left Egypt—this explains how Joseph's remains came up from Egypt to be buried in Canaan.
- Genesis 33:18-20 (verbal): Jacob's purchase of a parcel of land from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for 100 pieces of money—the same field cited as the burial site in Joshua 24:32.
- Joshua 24:29-31 (structural): Immediate literary context: the death and burial of Joshua is narrated just before the note about Joseph's bones, forming a concluding summary of leaders' burials and inheritances.
- Acts 7:16 (allusion): Stephen's retelling links the patriarchal burials with a tomb at Shechem and a purchase from the sons of Hamor (textual variant attributes purchase to Abraham), reflecting New Testament remembrance of the same tradition.
Alternative generated candidates
- And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, they buried at Shechem in the parcel of ground that Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for a hundred pieces of silver; and it became an inheritance for the descendants of Joseph.
- And the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel had brought up from Egypt, they buried at Shechem, in the parcel of land that Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for a hundred pieces of silver; it became the inheritance of the sons of Joseph.
Jos.24.33 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ואלעזר: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- בן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- אהרן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- מת: ADJ,m,sg
- ויקברו: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,pl
- אתו: PRON,3,m,sg,acc
- בגבעת: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,cons
- פינחס: NOUN,prop,m,sg
- בנו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3ms
- אשר: PRON,rel
- נתן: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
- לו: PRON,3,m,sg
- בהר: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,def
- אפרים: NOUN,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- Numbers 20:25-28 (verbal): Reports the death of a chief priest (Aaron) and the succession of Eleazar; parallels the language and theme of a priestly death and burial and the transfer of office.
- Exodus 6:25 (verbal): Gives the genealogy identifying Eleazar as the father of Phinehas, directly corroborating the relationship noted in Joshua 24:33.
- Numbers 25:7-13 (allusion): Describes Phinehas’ zealous act and his reward of an everlasting priesthood, explaining the prominence of Phinehas (Eleazar’s son) referenced in the burial-site designation.
- Joshua 24:29-31 (structural): The immediate literary context: the same book ends with formulaic notices of leaders’ deaths and burials (Joshua’s death and burial), framing Josh.24:33 as part of the book’s concluding summary.
- Judges 2:8-10 (thematic): Records the death of Joshua and the elders and the coming of a new generation that did not know the LORD; thematically parallels the closing notice of a leader’s death and the transition that follows.
Alternative generated candidates
- Eleazar son of Aaron died, and they buried him at the hill of Phinehas his son, which had been given him in the hill country of Ephraim.
- And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him at Gibeah, at the hill of his son Phinehas, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim.
And Joshua sent the people, each to his inheritance. And it came to pass after these things that Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being a hundred and ten years old. And they buried him in the border of his inheritance at Timnath-serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash. And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua and who had known all the work of the LORD that he had done for Israel. And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel had brought up from Egypt, they buried at Shechem in the parcel of ground that Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for a hundred pieces of silver; and it became an inheritance to the children of Joseph. And Eleazar son of Aaron died; and they buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which had been given him in the hill country of Ephraim.