Joshua 24:29

Buried in the Promised Land

29 After these things, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of a hundred and ten.

Joshua 24:29 in Other Translations

KJV
29 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.
ESV
29 After these things Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being 110 years old.
NLT
29 After this, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.
MSG
29 After all this, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of God, died. He was 110 years old.
CSB
29 After these things, the Lord's servant, Joshua son of Nun, died at the age of 110.

Joshua 24:29 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 24:29

And it came to pass, after these things
Some little time after, very probably the same year:

that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, [being] an
hundred and ten years old;
he wanted ten years of Moses his predecessor, ( Deuteronomy 34:7 ) , and just the age of Joseph, ( Genesis 50:22 ) , from whom he sprung, being of the tribe of Ephraim, ( Numbers 13:8 ) .

Joshua 24:29 In-Context

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.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Judges 1:1
  • 2. S Genesis 50:22; Judges 2:8
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