Joshua 24:32 NIV,NKJV

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Joshua 24:29-33

CRITICAL NOTES.—Joshua 24:32. The bones of Joseph, etc.] “It does not follow from the position of this statement at the end of the book, that the bones were not buried till after the death of Joshua.” [Keil.] The statement, however, is inserted to show that the oath which their fathers had given to Joseph had not been forgotten or neglected by the Israelites. Moses, in his turn, had been mindful of the trust (Exodus 13:19). Joshua 24:33. A hill that pertained to Phinehas] Heb.=“the hill of... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Joshua 24:1-33

Chapter 24Chapter twenty-four, Joshua is continuing this final charge to the children of Israel. Picture now this old man he was. He was faithful to the Lord. He has done a good job, but now he is bent over with age. He has been weakened. His voice is probably shaky and trembling.And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, [Right in the heart of the land there between mount Ebal, and Gerezim.] and he called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, the... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Joshua 24:1-33

Joshua 24:1 . Shechem. Some think this was the Sychar where our Saviour talked with the woman. John 4:5. This place became far famed on account of the renewal of the covenant before Joshua’s death. He had built an altar here more than twenty years before. This town lies about eight miles from Samaria, and is now called Naplosa. Joshua 24:2 . Terah served other gods. Sabianism maintained that the world was eternal, and inculcated the worship of the planets as gods. The planets were also... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Joshua 24:1-33

Joshua 24:1-33Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem. Joshua’s last farewellI. God’s threefold mercies.1. Israel’s enlargement (verses 2-4).2. Israel’s exodus (verses 5-7).3. Israel’s entrance into Canaan (verses 8-12).II. Joshua’s threefold appeal.1. He exhorts them to fear and serve this great and this good God.2. To manifest in yet clearer light that the service of God is a reasonable service, and to show the utter folly of idolatry, Joshua, in the gravest irony, upholds the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Joshua 24:29-33

Joshua 24:29-33Joshua . . . died.The burials of distinguished saintsWithin the compass of the five last verses of this book three deaths are recorded and three burial-places signalised by the deposited remains of the most distinguished saints. After all we have seen in Canaan, let us visit the sepulchre of Joshua. The short record given may be viewed as a simple, unvarnished memento, or monumental inscription (verses 29, 30). The place of his interment was in the lot of his inheritance, and... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Joshua 24:32

Jos 24:32 And 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. Ver. 32. Buried they in Shechem. ] Where his monument was to be seen in Jerome’s time, as he testifieth in his questions upon Genesis. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Joshua 24:32

bones: Genesis 50:25, Exodus 13:19, Acts 7:16, Hebrews 11:22 buried: Genesis 33:19, Genesis 48:22 pieces of silver: or, lambs Reciprocal: Genesis 12:6 - Sichem Joshua 17:7 - Shechem 2 Samuel 23:1 - the last 1 Kings 12:1 - Shechem Psalms 60:6 - Shechem Jeremiah 41:5 - Shechem John 4:5 - the parcel read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Joshua 24:32

And 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.The bones of Joseph — Joseph died two hundred years before in Egypt, but gave commandment concerning his bones, that they should not rest in a grave, 'till Israel rested in the land of promise. Now therefore they were... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 24:26-33

26. Joshua wrote these words A description of all that occurred at Shechem in this solemn renewal of the covenant. This was done in order that a written document might be preserved as a witness against the people should they ever transgress the divine law. This chapter contains, probably, the substance of that ancient document. A great stone Which long stood a monumental witness of this solemn transaction. See Judges 9:6, note. Sanctuary of the Lord The holy place first consecrated... read more