Joshua 24:33

Joshua 24:33 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.
• New International Version (NIV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Eleazar the son of Aaron died, and they buried him at Gibeah, the town of Phinehas his son, which had been given him in the hill country of Ephraim.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in a hill belonging to Phinehas his son, which was given to him in the mountains of Ephraim.

Context of Joshua 24:33

31And Israel served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders whose days were prolonged after Joshua, and who had known all the works of Jehovah, which he had done for Israel. 32And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel had brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem in the portion of the field which Jacob had bought of the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred kesitahs; and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which had been given him in mount Ephraim.

Joshua 24:33 word by word

וְאֶלְעָזָ֥ר בֶּֽן־אַהֲרֹ֖ן מֵ֑ת וַיִּקְבְּר֣וּ אֹת֗וֹ בְּגִבְעַת֙ פִּֽינְחָ֣ס בְּנ֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִתַּן־ל֖וֹ בְּהַ֥ר אֶפְרָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

• Eleazarאֶלְעָזָר'el‛âzâr · EleazarH499
• sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• Aaronאַהֲרֹן'ahărôn · AaronH175
• diedמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• buriedקָבַרqâbar · to buryH6912
• hillהַרhar · mountain: hill countryH2022
• Phinehasפִּינְחָסpîynechâs · PhinehasH6372
• givenנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669

Cross-references for Joshua 24:33

• Joshua 14:1And this is what the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, allotted for inheritance to them:
• Exodus 6:23And Aaron took Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nahshon, as wife; and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
• Numbers 3:32And the prince of princes of the Levites was Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest: he had the oversight of them that kept the charge of the sanctuary.
• Numbers 20:26and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron shall be gathered [to his peoples], and shall die there.
• Job 30:23For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and into the house of assemblage for all living.
• Psalms 49:10For he seeth that wise men die; all alike, the fool and the brutish perish, and they leave their wealth to others.
• Isaiah 57:1The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from before the evil.
• Zechariah 1:5Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
• Acts 13:36For David indeed, having in his own generation ministered to the will of God, fell asleep, and was added to his fathers and saw corruption.
• Hebrews 7:24but he, because of his continuing for ever, has the priesthood unchangeable.
• Hebrews 9:26since he had [then] been obliged often to suffer from the foundation of the world. But now once in the consummation of the ages he has been manifested for [the] putting away of sin by his sacrifice.
• Judges 20:28and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days), saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And Jehovah said, Go up; for to-morrow I will give them into thy hand.

Commentaries on Joshua 24:33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 33And 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33(Eleazar‘s burial-place is placed by Conder not at Tibneh but in the village of Awertah.) sa180Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 29-33Verses 29-33 Joseph died in Egypt, but gave commandment concerning his bones, that they should not rest in their grave till Israel had rest in the land of promise. Notice also the death and burial of Joshua, and of Eleazar the chief priest. The most useful men, having served their generation, according to the will of God, one after another, fall asleep and see corruption. But Jesus, having spent and ended his life on earth more effectually than either…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 33Eleazar, the high priest, stood beside Joshua while they divided the land among the tribes of Israel. They buried Joshua, Joseph, and Eleazar in Ephraim, in the central part of the newly conquered land. Their burial was a final sign that God fulfilled his promise to give Israel the land.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3333. Eleazar the son of Aaron died, and they buried him in ... mount Ephraim--The sepulchre is at the modern village Awertah, which, according to Jewish travellers, contains the graves also of Ithamar, the brother of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar [Van De Velde].Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 24:33

• Burial
• Eleazar (Eleazer)
• Phinehas

In the dictionaries

• Aaron
• Eleazar
• Ephraim
• Phinehas
• Mount Ephraim
• Joshua
• Serve
• Covenant, in the Old Testament
• Ezekiel
• Gibeath (1)

Commentaries on Joshua 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings