Joshua 22-24

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)

I shiver when I read this. Joseph had gotten a promise from the Israelites that they would bury his remains in his ancestral homeland (Genesis 50:25). Hundreds of years had passed, but the people remembered. Moses remembered. Joshua remembered. Now on the occasion of Joshua’s death, both he and Joseph are laid to rest. Their lives “bookend” the unrest of the Israeli people. Now all are at rest, at home.