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 Yhwh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of Yhwh, that he had done for Israel. 32And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. 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.

Joshua 24:33 word by word

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

• And Eleazarאֶלְעָזָר'el‛âzâr · EleazarH499
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Aaronאַהֲרֹן'ahărôn · AaronH175
• diedמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• and they buriedקָבַרqâbar · to buryH6912
• him in a hillגִּבְעָהgib‛âh · Gibeath-(elohim)H1389
• Phinehasפִּינְחָסpîynechâs · PhinehasH6372
• which was givenנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• him in mountהַרhar · mountain: hill countryH2022
• Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669

Cross-references for Joshua 24:33

• Joshua 14:1And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.
• Exodus 6:23And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
• Numbers 3:32And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep 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 unto his people, and shall die there.
• Job 30:23For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
• Psalms 49:10For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and 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 the evil to come.
• Zechariah 1:5Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
• Acts 13:36For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
• Hebrews 7:24But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
• Hebrews 9:26For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the age hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
• 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 Yhwh said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine 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
• Ephraim, Ephraimite
• Mount Ephraim
• Joshua
• Serve
• Covenant, in the Old Testament
• Ezekiel

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