24:30a

And: The Hebrew word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as And introduces the next event in the story line.

they buried him in the land of his inheritance: The Israelites buried Joshua in the land that they had given him. The story of how they gave him this land is in Joshua 19:49.

at Timnath-serah: The town of Timnath-serah was southwest of the town of Shechem. It is mentioned in Joshua 19:50.

Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:

They buried him in the land that he had received, which was the town of Timnath-serah.
-or-
The Israelites buried him in his own land at the town of Timnath-serah.

24:30b

in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash: Mount Gaash is not mentioned anywhere else in the Bible.

Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:

It was in the mountain region of the clan of Ephraim, north of the mountain of Gaash.
-or-
which was north of Gaash Mountain in the hilly region of the clan of Ephraim

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