27. ‘See!’ he said to all the people. ‘This stone will be a witness against us. It has heard all the words the Lord has said to us. It will be a witness against you if you are untrue to your God.’
28. Then Joshua dismissed the people, each to their own inheritance.
29. After these things, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of a hundred and ten.
30. And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
31. Israel served the Lord throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced everything the Lord had done for Israel.
32. And Joseph’s bones, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the tract of land that Jacob bought for a hundred pieces of silver from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. This became the inheritance of Joseph’s descendants.
33. And Eleazar son of Aaron died and was buried at Gibeah, which had been allotted to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.Footnotes for the Book of Joshuaa 4 That is, about 900 metresa 1 Another textual tradition web 3 Gibeath Haaraloth means the hill of foreskins.c 9 Gilgal sounds like the Hebrew for roll.d 12 Or the daye 14 Or lorda 1 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verses 11, 12, 13 and 15.b 1 See Septuagint and 1 Chron. 2:6; Hebrew Zabdi; also in verses 17 and 18.c 21 Hebrew Shinard 21 That is, about 2.3 kilogramse 21 That is, about 575 gramsf 26 Achor means trouble.a 4 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint) They prepared provisions and loaded their donkeysa 11 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verses 12, 20 and 21.a 8 Hebrew With it (that is, with the other half of Manasseh)b 27 Hebrew Kinneretha 4 Septuagint; Hebrew yourb 18 Hebrew and some Septuagint manuscripts; other Septuagint manuscripts (see also note at Judges 1:14) Othniel, he urged herc 36 Or Gederah and Gederothaimd 59 The Septuagint adds another district of eleven towns, including Tekoa and Ephrathah (Bethlehem).a 11 That is, Naphoth Dora 2 Or Beersheba, Sheba; 1 Chron. 4:28 does not have Sheba.b 28 Some Hebrew manuscripts (see also 21:30); most Hebrew manuscripts Ebronc 34 Septuagint; Hebrew west, and Judah, the Jordan,d 50 Also known as Timnath Heres (see Judges 2:9)a 6 Or charioteersb 6 Or the Sea of Reedsc 30 Also known as Timnath Heres (see Judges 2:9)d 32 Hebrew hundred kesitahs; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value.