Joshua 24:30-32 NIV

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:31

And the children of Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua ,.... Without going into idolatrous practices: and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua ; that lived a few years longer than he; some of them that came young out of Egypt, and were now elderly men; and some of them doubtless were of the court of the seventy elders; these could not overlive Joshua a great many years, for, in the times of Chushanrishathaim, Israel fell into idolatry, Judges 2:6 , and which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:32

And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt ,.... At the request, and by the order of Joseph, Genesis 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, Exodus 13:19 , buried they in Shechem ; not in the city, but in a field near it, as the next clause shows. The Jews in their Cippi Hebraici say F7 Ut supra. (Cippi Heb. p. 32.) , that... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:30

And they buried him - in Timnath-serah - This was his own inheritance, as we have seen Joshua 19:50 . The Septuagint add here, "And they put with him there, in the tomb in which they buried him, the knives of stone with which he circumcised the children of Israel in Gilgal, according as the Lord commanded when he brought them out of Egypt; and there they are till this day." St. Augustine quotes the same passage in his thirtieth question on the book of Joshua, which, in all... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:31

And Israel served the Lord , etc. - Though there was private idolatry among them, for they had strange gods, yet there was no public idolatry all the days of Joshua and of the elders that overlived Joshua; most of whom must have been advanced in years at the death of this great man. Hence Calmet supposes that the whole of this time might amount to about fifteen years. It has already been noted that this verse is placed by the Septuagint after Joshua 24:28 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:32

And the bones of Joseph - See the note on Genesis 50:25 , and on Exodus 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. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:32

Verse 32 32.And the bones of Joseph, etc The time when the bones of Joseph were buried is not mentioned; but it is easy to infer that the Israelites had performed this duty after they obtained a peaceful habitation in the city of Shechem. For although he had not designated a particular place for a sepulchre, they thought it a mark of respect to deposit his bones in the field which Jacob had purchased. It may be, however, that this is expressed as a censure on the sluggishness of the people, to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:16-31

A great decision. One of the beautiful things about Scripture is the fine endings of all courses in which God has been leader. This book is no exception. The last view we have of Israel shows them entering into a solemn covenant with God, and one which, speaking roundly, all who made it kept. They respond grandly to Joshua's challenge. "God forbid that we should serve other gods." And even when reminded of the difficulty of serving Him, their purpose remains unshaken. In this great... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:29-33

The end of the work. We now reach the conclusion of the narrative. Like every other biography, it ends with death. Well were it for us all if death came at the conclusion of a well spent life like Joshua's. I. A GOOD MAN 'S END . We read in the Book of the Revelation, "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord … their works do follow them." Few have been privileged to be "followed" by their works like Joshua. He led the Israelites into the promised land, and left them there. For... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 24:29-33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:32

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:30

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:31

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:32

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:32

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:16-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:29-33

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