Joshua 24:33
in Joshua 24Eleazar 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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill-country of Ephraim.
KJV
And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.
⋯
This verse in Joshua 24
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Eleazar the son of Aaron died, and they buried him in . . . mount Ephraim--The sepulchre is at the modern village Awertah, which, according to Jewish travellers, contains the graves also of Ithamar, the brother of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar [VAN DE VELDE].
This site's exposition
Eleazar son of Aaron
The book closes with three graves, Joshua at verse 30, Joseph at verse 32 and Eleazar here. The priesthood passes to Phinehas, who holds the covenant of an everlasting priesthood from Numbers 25:11-13 and is still standing before the ark at Judges 20:28. No successor to Joshua is named anywhere in the chapter, and the next book opens with Israel asking who shall go up for them first.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
While Joshua lived, religion was kept up, under his care and influence, but after he and his contemporaries were gone, it swiftly went to decay. How well is it for the gospel church, that Christ, our Joshua, is still with it by his Spirit, and will be always, even to the end of the world?
And Eleazar the son of Aaron died,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
And Eleazar - died - Probably about the same time as Joshua, or soon after; though some think he outlived him six years. Thus, nearly all the persons who had witnessed the miracles of God in the wilderness were gathered to their fathers; and their descendants left in possession of the great inheritance, with the Law of God in their hands, and the bright example of their illustrious ancestors before their eyes. It must be added that they possessed every advantage necessary to make them a great, a wise, and a holy people.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
(Eleazar’s burial-place is placed by Conder not at Tibneh but in the village of ‘Awertah.)
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֶלְעָזָ֥ר | veelazar | and Eleazar | H499 → | 72 times |
| בֶּֽן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אַהֲרֹ֖ן | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| מֵ֑ת | met | he died | H4191 → | 839 times |
| וַיִּקְבְּר֣וּ | vaiyikberu | and people buried | H6912 → | 133 times |
| אֹת֗וֹ | ʾoto | <obj.> him | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּגִבְעַת֙ | begivat | at Gibeah of | H1390 → | |
| פִּֽינְחָ֣ס | pinchas | Phinehas | H6372 → | 25 times |
| בְּנ֔וֹ | beno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נִתַּן־ | nitan- | it had been given | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| ל֖וֹ | lo | to <the> him | ||
| בְּהַ֥ר | behar | in [the] hill country of | H2022 → | 546 times |
| אֶפְרָֽיִם׃ | ʾefrayim | Ephraim | H669 → | 180 times |
וְאֶלְעָזָ֥רand Eleazar
veelazarH499 →72 times
בֶּֽן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
אַהֲרֹ֖ןAaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
מֵ֑תhe died
metH4191 →839 times
וַיִּקְבְּר֣וּand people buried
vaiyikberuH6912 →133 times
אֹת֗וֹ<obj.> him
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
בְּגִבְעַת֙at Gibeah of
begivatH1390 →
פִּֽינְחָ֣סPhinehas
pinchasH6372 →25 times
בְּנ֔וֹson his
benoH1121 →4930 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
נִתַּן־it had been given
nitan-H5414 →2011 times
ל֖וֹto <the> him
lo
בְּהַ֥רin [the] hill country of
beharH2022 →546 times
אֶפְרָֽיִם׃Ephraim
ʾefrayimH669 →180 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Acts 13:36For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.
it leads to
- Acts 2:29
Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
- 2 Samuel 7:12
And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
- 1 Kings 2:10
Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
- Acts 13:22
After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in…
- Acts 2:29
Through
Joshua 22:13The Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the land of Gilead, to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
it leads to
- Psalms 106:30–31
But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Judges 20:28
and Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, served before it.) The Israelites asked, “Should we again go out to battle against our brothers the Benjamites, or should we stop?” The LORD answered,…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 106:30–31
Through
Hebrews 7:24But because Jesus lives forever, He has a permanent priesthood.
it leads to
- John 12:34
The crowd replied, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ will remain forever. So how can You say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of…
- Hebrews 7:28
For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.
- John 12:34
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies1
About Joshua

Who and where
5 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonExodus eraAaronBrother of Moses and Israel's first high priest; his rod budded, his garments were for glory and beauty, and his line carried the…
- PersonWildernessEleazarAaron's third son who succeeded him as high priest on Mount Hor, founding the line that runs to Phinehas and Zadok.
- PersonWildernessPhinehasGrandson of Aaron whose zeal at Baal-Peor stayed the plague and secured "my covenant of peace… an everlasting priesthood."
- PlaceJudeaEphraimThe town near the wilderness where Jesus withdrew with His disciples before the last Passover (John 11:54).
- PlaceBenjaminGibeahSaul's hometown and capital in Benjamin, the same Gibeah whose outrage in Judges 19 nearly erased the tribe.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
