Editing Book of Joshua (section)

==== Closing items ====
The Book of Joshua closes with three concluding items (referred to in the Jerusalem Bible as "Two Additions"):<ref>[[Jerusalem Bible]], heading of Joshua 24:29–33</ref>
:The death of Joshua and his burial at Timnath-serah<ref>Joshua 24:29–31</ref>
:The burial of the bones of [[Joseph (Genesis)|Joseph]] at Shechem<ref>Joshua 24:32</ref>
:The death of Eleazar and his burial in land belonging to [[Phinehas]] in the mountains of Ephraim.<ref>Joshua 24:33</ref>

There were no Levitical cities given to the descendants of [[Aaron]] in Ephraim, so theologians [[Carl Friedrich Keil]] and [[Franz Delitzsch]] supposed the land may have been at [[Geba (city)|Geba]] in the territory of the [[Tribe of Benjamin]]: "the situation, 'upon the mountains of Ephraim', is not at variance with this view, as these mountains extended, according to Judges 4:5, etc., far into the territory of Benjamin".<ref>{{cite book|last1 = Keil|first1=Carl Friedrich|last2= Delitzsch|first2=Franz|title= Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua 24| year = 1878|publisher= BibleHub |url= http://biblehub.com/commentaries/kad/joshua/24.htm}}</ref>

In some manuscripts and editions of the [[Septuagint]], there is an additional verse relating to the apostasy of the Israelites after Joshua's death.