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Joshua 24:32

in Joshua 24

And 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.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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.

This verse in Joshua 24

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt,.... At the request, and by the order of Joseph, Gen 50:25; which were punctually observed by the children of Israel under the direction and command of Moses, and therefore is ascribed to him, as here to them, Exo 13:19, buried they in Shechem; not in the city, but in a field near it, as the next clause shows.

This site's exposition

the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt

Joseph's bones close an oath sworn at Genesis 50:25, and the grave is the plot Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor at Genesis 33:19. Stephen tells it differently at Acts 7:16, giving the purchase to Abraham, and both accounts stand as written without one used to correct the other.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

So that he now delivered as it were both Joseph's funeral sermon, and his own farewell sermon. And if it was in the last year of his life, the occasion might well remind him, of his own death now at hand. For he was just of the same age with his illustrious ancestor, who died being one hundred and ten years old, Gen. i, 26.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

And the bones of Joseph - See the note on Gen 50:25, and on Exo 13:19. This burying of the bones of Joseph probably took place when the conquest of the land was completed, and each tribe had received its inheritance; for it is not likely that this was deferred till after the death of Joshua.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The tomb that now covers the spot is a Mohammedan Welce, but there is no reason to doubt that the precious deposit of Joseph's remains may be concealed there at the present time.

The words behind it

26 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • עַצְמ֣וֹת[the] bones of

    atzmotH6106 →126 times

  • י֠וֹסֵףJoseph

    yosefH3130 →213 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־which

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • הֶעֱל֨וּthey had brought up

    heeluH5927 →890 times

  • בְנֵי־[the] people of

    venei-H1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל׀Israel

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • מִמִּצְרַיִם֮from Egypt

    mimitzrayimH4714 →641 times

  • קָבְר֣וּthey buried

    kaveruH6912 →133 times

  • בִשְׁכֶם֒at Shechem

    vishkhemH7927 →63 times

  • בְּחֶלְקַ֣תin [the] portion of

    bechelkatH2513 →

  • הַשָּׂדֶ֗הthe field

    hasadehH7704 →334 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • קָנָ֧הhe had bought

    kanahH7069 →

  • יַעֲקֹ֛בJacob

    yaakoH3290 →350 times

  • מֵאֵ֛תfrom with

    meetH854 →929 times

  • בְּנֵֽי־[the] sons of

    benei-H1121 →4930 times

  • חֲמ֥וֹרHamor

    chamorH2544 →

  • אֲבִֽי־[the] father of

    ʾavi-H1 →1212 times

  • שְׁכֶ֖םShechem

    shekhemH7927 →63 times

  • בְּמֵאָ֣הfor a hundred

    bemeahH3967 →581 times

  • קְשִׂיטָ֑הpiece[s] of money

    kesitahH7192 →

  • וַיִּֽהְי֥וּand they became

    vaiyihyuH1961 →3559 times

  • לִבְנֵֽי־of [the] descendants of

    livnei-H1121 →4930 times

  • יוֹסֵ֖ףJoseph

    yosefH3130 →213 times

  • לְנַחֲלָֽה׃<into> an inheritance

    lenachalahH5159 →222 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Genesis 50:25

    And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”

    it leads to

    • Exodus 13:19

      Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Exodus 13:19

    Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry…

    it leads to

    • Acts 7:16

      Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.

      Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

    • Genesis 50:24–25

      Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac,…

    • Genesis 48:21

      Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.

  • Through

    John 4:5

    So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 33:19

      And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.

    • Genesis 48:22

      And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”

  • Through

    Acts 7:16

    Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 34:2–31

      When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Genesis 33:19

    And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.

    it leads to

    • John 4:5

      So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

Where this verse is studied

About Joshua

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.