Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 24:30
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.
30. And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah ] For the probable site of this spot, see above, Jos 19:50. A photograph brought out by the “Palestine Exploration Committee” gives a representation of the tomb of Joshua. “It is certainly the most striking monument in the country,” says Lieut. Conder, “and strongly recommends itself to the mind as an authentic site.” The tomb is a square chamber, with five excavations in three of its sides, the central one forming a passage leading into a second chamber beyond. A great number of lamp-niches cover the walls of the porch upwards of 200 arranged in vertical rows. A single cavity with a niche for a lamp may be identified, it is thought, with the resting-place of the warrior-chief of Israel.
the hill of Gaash ] This mountain is also mentioned in Jdg 2:9; 2Sa 23:30; 1Ch 11:32. The Alexandrine and Arabic versions have appended to Jos 24:30 the traditionary legend that the knives of stone, with which Joshua performed the rite of circumcision at Gilgal, were buried with him.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 30. And they buried him – in Timnath-serah] This was his own inheritance, as we have seen Jos 19:50. The Septuagint add here, “And they put with him there, in the tomb in which they buried him, the knives of stone with which he circumcised the children of Israel in Gilgal, according as the Lord commanded when he brought them out of Egypt; and there they are till this day.” St. Augustine quotes the same passage in his thirtieth question on the book of Joshua, which, in all probability, he took from some copy of the Septuagint. It is very strange that there is no account of any public mourning for the death of this eminent general; probably, as he was buried in his own inheritance, he had forbidden all funeral pomp, and it is likely was privately interred.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
And they buried him in the border of his inheritance,…. In a field belonging to his estate; for they buried not in towns and cities in those times. The Greek version adds,
“and they put into the tomb, in which he was buried, the stone knives with which he circumcised the children of Israel at Gilgal, when he brought them out of Egypt;”
and an Arabic writer e affirms the same, but without any foundation:
in Timnathserah, which [is] in Mount Ephraim; which was his city, and where he dwelt; and of which [See comments on Jos 19:50]; and his grave was near the city; here, they say f, his father Nun, and Caleb also, were buried:
on the north side of the hill of Gaash; of the brooks or valleys of Gnash mention is made in 2Sa 23:30; which very probably were at the bottom of this hill.
e Patricides, p. 31. apud Hottinger. Smegma, p. 523. f Cippi Heb. p. 32.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
‘ And they buried him in the border of his inheritance, in Timnath-serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.’
Joshua was buried in a burial place outside the city which was his inheritance, Timnath-serah (Jos 19:50). It is possibly Khirbet Tibneh, twenty seven kilometres (seventeen miles) south west of Shechem, which lies on the south side of a deep ravine, which must then be the mountain of Gaash. It was in the hill country of Ephraim. The Wadis of Gaash are mentioned in 2Sa 23:30 which would possibly be connected in some way with the mountain.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Ver. 30. And they buried himin Timnath-serah This city, which he had built himself, and which had been assigned him by the nation, is elsewhere called Timnath-heres, or, the rest of the sun, Jdg 2:9. This name, if we are to believe the Jews, was given it on account of an image of the sun engraved on Joshua’s tomb, in memory of that famous day in which he stopped the sun in his course, in order to finish the defeat of the Canaanitish kings. See Hottinger, in Cippi. Heb. p. 32. and in Smegma Orientale, c. viii. p. 523. Thus, in after-times, according to Cicero, the sepulchre of Archimedes was adorned with a sphere and a cylinder. Eusebius says, that the tomb of Joshua was to be seen in his time near Thamna; and Brochard informs us, that there was, in the mountain of Leopards, (Son 4:8.) a cavern twenty-six feet long, into which the Saracens were used to go, in memory of this holy man. Gaash is thought to have been a part of mount Ephraim, and to have faced Timnath-serah on the south.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
The burial place of Joshua is rendered memorable by the name Gaash, which signifies quaking. The Jews had a tradition that there was a trembling of the hill at his burial, and this to upbraid Israel for not mourning for him as they did for Moses. But whether they did lament his departure or not, certain it is, that no mention is made of their lamentation, as they did for Moses. If we consider this as allegorical, I should say, we are all by nature more wedded to the law than the gospel. Moses is fairer to the eye of the world than Jesus.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Jos 24:30 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.
Ver. 30. In Timnathserah. ] See Trapp on “ Jos 19:50 “
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
mount = the hill country.
Gaash. The Septuagint adds here: “And they placed with him in the tomb in which they buried him the knives of stone with which he circumcised the sons of Israel is Gilgal, when he brought them out of Egypt, as the Lord appointed them; and there they are until this day. ”
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Timnathserah: Jos 19:50, Jdg 2:9
Gaash: 2Sa 23:30
Reciprocal: Deu 11:29 – General Jdg 1:1 – Now Jdg 2:8 – Joshua Jdg 8:32 – died in Jdg 18:13 – mount Ephraim Jdg 19:1 – mount