Passage Research
Joshua 1 — Sermon Preparation
God commissions Joshua as Moses' successor, commanding him to lead Israel into Canaan and promising his presence throughout the conquest. Below is a research summary for Joshua 1, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 18
- verses
- 320 / 124
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 17
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Joshua 1 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מֹשֶׁה | Môsheh | H4872 | 11 | Mosheh |
| צָוָה | tsâvâh | H6680 | 7 | constitute, enjoin |
| נָתַן | nâthan | H5414 | 8 | give, put |
| אָמַץ | ʼâmats | H553 | 4 | be alert |
| יַרְדֵּן | Yardên | H3383 | 4 | Jarden |
| עֶבֶד | ʻebed | H5650 | 5 | servant |
| יְהוֹשׁוּעַ | Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ | H3091 | 4 | Jehoshua |
How preachers through history handled this text
17 public-domain excerpts on Joshua 1, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The people of Israel engage to obey Joshua; All that thou commandest us to do we will readily do, without murmuring or disputing, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go. The best we can ask of God for our magistrates, is, that they may have the presence of God; that will make them blessings to us, so that in seeking this for them, we consult our own interest. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Joshua 1:16–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jordan— Josh 1:11
- Euphrates— Josh 1:4
- Great Sea— Josh 1:4
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