King James Version
Joshua 24:30 in the King James Version says “And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of th...” — study this verse from Joshua chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.”
Joshua 24:30 · KJV
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.
And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.
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. overlived: Heb. prolonged their days after Joshua
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. pieces: or, lambs
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properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“him in the border”
H1366properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e., (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
“of his inheritance”
H5159properly, something inherited, i.e., (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“Ephraim”
H669ephrajim, a son of joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
“on the north side”
H6828properly, hidden, i.e., dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown)
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