Joshua 24:30

And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah For the probable site of this spot, see above, Joshua 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 Judges 2:9; 2 Samuel 23:30; 1 Chronicles 11:32. The Alexandrine and Arabic versions have appended to Joshua 24:30 the traditionary legend that the knives of stone, with which Joshua performed the rite of circumcision at Gilgal, were buried with him.