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There is a midrashic tradition that Moses brought Joseph’s coffin up from the Nile by taking a clean piece of pottery, writing G‑d’s mystical name on it and the words ‘Rise, oh ox!’ and throwing it into the Nile. The casket then floated to the top. The appellation “ox” was a reference to Jacob’s blessing to Joseph in this week ...
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- Shechem (Nablus): Joseph's Tomb
Shechem (Nablus): Joseph's Tomb. By Nechama Golding....
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The bones of Joseph, which the Children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, were buried in Shechem in a parcel of land Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for a hundred pieces of silver (qeśîṭâ).Joshua 24:32. [30] The Bible does not identify a specific site in Shechem where his bones were laid to rest. [31]
Joseph’s bones, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the parcel of land Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for 100 qesitahs. It was an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.
Shechem (Nablus): Joseph's Tomb. By Nechama Golding. "Joseph's Tomb" by David Roberts, 1839. Amidst the mountains of Shomron (Samaria) is a four-thousand year old city named Shechem. Very few biblical locales have as rich a history as this storied city. In fact, when the first Jew arrived in the Holy Land, Shechem was his first stop.
New International Version. 32 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[a] from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. This became the inheritance of Joseph’s descendants. Read full chapter.
And then they should take the bones with them into the country that God had promised to them (Genesis 50:24-26). Joseph’s instructions were unusual, but the family obeyed them. They kept the bones in a coffin (box) in Egypt. When Moses led them out of Egypt, they took the bones with them (Exodus 13:19). When Joshua took them into Canaan, they ...
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The account of the burial of Joseph's bones, which the Israelites had brought with them from Egypt to Canaan (Exodus 13:19), is placed after the account of Joshua's death, because it could not have been introduced before without interrupting the connected account of the labours of Joshua; and it would not do to pass it over without notice altogether, not only because the fact of their bringing ...
