Joshua 24:29
27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
28 So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.
31 And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.
- KJV
- And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
- WEB
- After these things, Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being one hundred ten years old.
- ASV
- And 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.
- DARBY
- And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah, died, a hundred and ten years old.
- BLB
- And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua son of Nun, the servant of YHWH, died, a son of a hundred and ten years.
- ÅB
- En tid etter dette døde Josva, Nuns sønn, Herrens tjener, hundre og ti år gammel.
- OTB
- Etter disse hendelsene døde Josva, Nuns sønn, Herrens tjener, i en alder av hundre og ti år.
- B1930
- Nogen tid efter dette døde Josva, Nuns sønn, Herrens tjener, hundre og ti år gammel.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Judges 2:8
And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
Read in contextGenesis 50:22
And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
Read in contextGenesis 50:26
So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
Read in contextPsalms 115:17
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 34:5
So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
Read in context2 Timothy 4:7–8
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
Read in contextRevelation 14:13
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
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