Joshua 24:30 (WEB)

Passage

They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.

Nearby Context

Joshua 24:28 So Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.

Joshua 24:29 After these things, Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being one hundred ten years old.

Joshua 24:30 They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.

Joshua 24:31 Israel served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of Yahweh, that he had worked for Israel.

Joshua 24:32 They buried the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of silver. They became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "buried", "border", "inheritance", "timnathserah", "hill", "country", "ephraim", and "north". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "buried" and "border", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 29's "After these things Joshua the son of..." into verse 31's "Israel served Yahweh all the days of...", so "buried" and "border" belong inside that flow. In Joshua context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

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