Joshua 24:33 (KJV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

Joshua 24:31 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.

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.

Joshua 24:33 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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "eleazar", "aaron", "died", "buried", "hill", "pertained", "phinehas", and "given". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "eleazar" and "aaron", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The prior verse says "And the bones of Joseph which the...", giving immediate footing for "eleazar" and "aaron". In Joshua context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "eleazar" and "aaron" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.