Passage Research
Joshua 24 — Sermon Preparation
At Shechem, Joshua rehearses Israel's history from Abraham onward and leads the people in renewing their covenant with God before he dies at a hundred and ten. Below is a research summary for Joshua 24, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 33
- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 15
- classic sermon excerpts
- 6
- preachers & commentators
Joshua 24 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עָבַד | ʻâbad | H5647 | 16 | work, serve |
| יְהוֹשׁוּעַ | Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ | H3091 | 13 | Jehoshua |
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 11 | people, tribe |
| אָב | ʼâb | H1 | 10 | father |
| מִצְרַיִם | Mitsrayim | H4714 | 7 | Mitsrajim |
| אֱמֹרִי | ʼĔmôrîy | H567 | 5 | Emorite |
| עֵבֶר | ʻêber | H5676 | 5 | across, opposite |
How preachers through history handled this text
15 public-domain excerpts on Joshua 24, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“We must never think our work for God done, till our life is done. If he lengthen out our days beyond what we expected, like those of Joshua, it is because he has some further service for us to do. He who aims at the same mind which was in Christ Jesus, will glory in bearing the last testimony to his Saviour's goodness, and in telling to all around, the obligations with which the unmerited goodness of God has bound him. The assembly came together in a solemn religious manner. Joshua spake to them in God's name, and as from him. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Joshua 24:1–14 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Shechem— Josh 24:1
- Jericho 1— Josh 24:11
- Jordan— Josh 24:11
- Egypt— Josh 24:14
- Euphrates— Josh 24:14
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