Song # 1757.1 from Our Gospel In Song Collection by Col Johnston. In the Book of Joshua in chapter 24 we read of his death at the age of a hundred and ten years, and that he was buried in the land of his inheritance in Ephraim. We also read that the Israelites brought the bones of Joseph with them out of Egypt and he was buried in Shechem.
Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of a hundred and ten (Joshua 24:29). They buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash (Joshua 24:30). Israel served the Lord throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced everything the Lord had done for Israel (Joshua 24:31). And Joseph’s bones, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the tract of land that Jacob bought for a hundred pieces of silver from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. This became the inheritance of Joseph’s descendants (Joshua 24:32).
Thought for today: no-one is more secure than those in God’s hands.
Thought for the future: we are only on this earth for a short time, but heaven is eternal. Where will you spend your eternity?