Jos 24:30 | KingComments | STEP | The book ends with three burials. The first is that of Joshua. After a walk of faith in the wilderness and a battle of faith in the land he dies in faith in a better resurrection. He is called here for the first and also only time “the servant of the LORD”. With this, the Master puts in a simple way a significant mark of approval on his life. Can the Lord also say of us at the end of our lives: “Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master” ( )? His grave is in his inheritance, in the hill country of Ephraim ( ). The Ephraimites took possession of this by order of Joshua ( ).

‏ Joshua 24:30

Death and Burial of Joshua

The book ends with three burials. The first is that of Joshua. After a walk of faith in the wilderness and a battle of faith in the land he dies in faith in a better resurrection. He is called here for the first and also only time “the servant of the LORD”. With this, the Master puts in a simple way a significant mark of approval on his life. Can the Lord also say of us at the end of our lives: “Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master” (Mt 25:21)?

His grave is in his inheritance, in the hill country of Ephraim (Jos 19:50). The Ephraimites took possession of this by order of Joshua (Jos 17:14-18).