Verse 22

By faith Joseph, nearing the end of his life, spoke of the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions concerning his bones.

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  • Gen 50:24-25 : 24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, 'I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.' 25 And Joseph made the Israelites swear an oath and said, 'God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.'
  • Exod 13:19 : 19 Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the Israelites swear an oath. He had said, 'God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up with you from this place.'
  • Josh 24:32 : 32 The bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred pieces of silver. It became an inheritance for Joseph's descendants.
  • Acts 7:16 : 16 Their bodies were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor at Shechem.