John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:30
And they buried him in the border of his inheritance ,.... In a field belonging to his estate; for they buried not in towns and cities in those times. The Greek version adds,"and they put into the tomb, in which he was buried, the stone knives with which he circumcised the children of Israel at Gilgal, when he brought them out of Egypt;'and an Arabic writer F5 Patricides, p. 31. apud Hottinger. Smegma, p. 523. affirms the same, but without any foundation: in Timnathserah, which is ... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 24:29-33
This book, which began with triumphs, here ends with funerals, by which all the glory of man is stained. We have here 1. The burial of Joseph, Josh. 24:32. He died about 200 years before in Egypt, but gave commandment concerning his bones, that they should not rest in their grave until Israel had rest in the land of promise; now therefore the children of Israel, who had brought this coffin full of bones with them out of Egypt, carried it along with them in all their marches through the... read more