31 (A)Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who [a]survived Joshua, and had known all the deeds of the Lord which He had done for Israel.

32 Now (B)they buried the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel brought up from Egypt, at Shechem, in the piece of ground (C)which Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for one hundred [b]pieces of money; and they became the inheritance of Joseph’s sons. 33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him [c]at Gibeah of (D)Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim.

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  1. Joshua 24:31 Lit prolonged days after
  2. Joshua 24:32 Heb qesitah
  3. Joshua 24:33 Or on the hill

31 Israel served the Lord throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders(A) who outlived him and who had experienced everything the Lord had done for Israel.

32 And Joseph’s bones,(B) which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt,(C) were buried at Shechem in the tract of land(D) that Jacob bought for a hundred pieces of silver[a] from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. This became the inheritance of Joseph’s descendants.

33 And Eleazar son of Aaron(E) died and was buried at Gibeah,(F) which had been allotted to his son Phinehas(G) in the hill country(H) of Ephraim.

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  1. Joshua 24:32 Hebrew hundred kesitahs; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value.