Joshua 24:33 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 24:33

And Eleazar the son of Aaron died ,.... Very probably in a short time after Joshua; and, according to the Samaritan Chronicle F9 Apud Hottinger. p. 524. , he died as Joshua did, gathered the chief men of the children of Israel a little before his death, and enjoined them strict obedience to the commands of God, and took his leave of them, and then stripped himself of his holy garments, and clothed Phinehas his son with them; what his age was is not said: and they buried him in a... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:33

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... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:30-33

Three graves. Such is the story of life. The end of it is always in some sepulchre. "They buried Joshua." "They buried the bones of Joseph." "They buried Eleazer." So the land is taken in possession. Every grave becoming a stronger link, binding the people to each other and to the land God gave them. Look at these graves. And observe— I. EVERY LIFE AT LAST FINDS A GRAVE . However strong the frame and long the conflict, at last the priest must lay down the censer, the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:33

A hill that pertained to Phinehas his son . The LXX ; Syriac, and Vulgate translate this as a proper name, Gibeath or Gabaath Phineas. But it may also mean Phinehas' hill. A city may or may not have been built there. Keil and Delitzsch believe it to be the Levitical town, Geba of Benjamin; but of this we cannot be sure. The tomb of Eleazar is still shown near Shechem, "overshadowed by venerable terebinths," as Dean Stanley tells us. And so the history ends with the death and burial of the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 24:33

(Eleazar’s burial-place is placed by Conder not at Tibneh but in the village of ‘Awertah.) read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 24:33

Joshua 24:33. They buried him in a hill which was given him By special favour, and for his better conveniency in attending upon the ark, which then was, and for a long time was to be, in Shiloh, near this place: whereas the cities which were given to the priests were in Judah, Benjamin, and Simeon, which were remote from Shiloh, though near the place where the ark was to have its settled abode; namely, at Jerusalem. It is probable Eleazar died about the same time with Joshua, as Aaron did... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:1-33

23:1-24:33 JOSHUA’S FAREWELLNothing is recorded of events that occurred between Joshua’s division of the land and his farewell addresses to the nation many years later. His life was now drawing to a close (see v. 14), and he called Israel’s leaders together to pass on some encouragement and warning (23:1-2). He assured them that God would continue to fight for his people till all the remaining Canaanites were destroyed, provided his people remained true to the covenant. They were to love God,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 24:33

Eleazar. He dies and is succeeded by his son Phinehas. Compare Judges 20:28 . Phinehas had been acting as deputy High Priest as far back as 1444; ten or twelve years before his father died. Compare Joshua 22:13-32 . Ephraim. The Septuagint adds here: "In that day the sons of Israel took the ark of God, and carried it about among them; and Phineee exercised the priest's office in the room of Eleazar his father, till he died, and he was buried in his own place Gabaar. But the sons of Israel... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:33

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:33

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:29-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:30-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Joshua 24:33

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Joshua 24:33

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 24:33

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:1-33

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Joshua 24:33

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