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Joshua 15 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Joshua 15, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

Joshua 15 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
גְּבוּל gᵉbûwl H1366 24 cord, twisted
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חָצֵר châtsêr H2691 14 yard, hamlet
נֶגֶב negeb H5045 10 south, Negeb
יָם yâm H3220 11 sea, large body of water
עִיר ʻîyr H5892 12 city, waking
קִרְיַת סַנָּה Qiryath Çannâh H7158 5 Kirjath-Sannah, Kirjath-Sepher

How preachers through history handled this text

7 public-domain excerpts on Joshua 15, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 4 Calvin 2 John Wesley 1

“Here is a list of the cities of Judah. But we do not here find Bethlehem, afterwards the city of David, and ennobled by the birth of our Lord Jesus in it. That city, which, at the best, was but little among the thousands of Judah, Mic 5:2, except that it was thus honoured, was now so little as not to be accounted one of the cities.”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Joshua 15:20–63 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Edom — Josh 15:1
  • Negeb — Josh 15:1
  • Zin 1 — Josh 15:1
  • Baalah 2 — Josh 15:10
  • Beth-shemesh 1 — Josh 15:10
  • Chesalon — Josh 15:10

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