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Joshua 24 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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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.

Matthew Henry 4 Calvin 3 Spurgeon 3 Alexander MacLaren 2 John Wesley 2 George Whitefield 1

“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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