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Joshua 24:30

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does Joshua 24:30 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.
Joshua 24:30 — American Standard Version

Context — Joshua 24

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
27And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it hath heard all the words of Jehovah which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness against you, lest ye deny your God.
28So Joshua sent the people away, every man unto his inheritance.
29And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah, died, being a hundred and ten years old.
30And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.
31And Israel served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of Jehovah, that he had wrought for Israel.
32And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money: and they became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
33And 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.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And they buried him in the border of his inheritance, etc.] 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 f534 affirms the same, but without any foundation: in Timnathserah, which [is] in Mount Ephraim; which was his city, and where he dwelt; and of which (see Gill on “<061950>Joshua 19:50”); and his grave was near the city; here, they say f535, his father Nun, and Caleb also, were buried: on the north side of the hill of Gaash; of the…”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“24:30 Timnath-serah: See 19:49-51.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Timnathserah: Jos 19:50; Jdg 2:9 Gaash: Sa2 23:30 Joshua 24:31”
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