Passage Research
Joshua 3 — Sermon Preparation
The Israelites cross the Jordan River on dry ground as the waters stop flowing the moment the priests carrying the ark step in. Below is a research summary for Joshua 3, 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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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 11
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Joshua 3 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יַרְדֵּן | Yardên | H3383 | 11 | Jarden |
| אָרוֹן | ʼârôwn | H727 | 10 | box |
| עָבַר | ʻâbar | H5674 | 9 | cross, transition |
| נָשָׂא | nâsâʼ | H5375 | 9 | lift |
| בְּרִית | bᵉrîyth | H1285 | 7 | compact |
| יְהוֹשׁוּעַ | Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ | H3091 | 6 | Jehoshua |
| כֹּהֵן | kôhên | H3548 | 7 | officiating, priest |
How preachers through history handled this text
11 public-domain excerpts on Joshua 3, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Jordan overflowed all its banks. This magnified the power of God, and his kindness to Israel. Although those who oppose the salvation of God's people have all advantages, yet God can and will conquer. This passage over Jordan, as an entrance to Canaan, after their long, weary wanderings in the wilderness, shadowed out the believer's passage through death to heaven, after he has finished his wanderings in this sinful world. Jesus, typified by the ark, hath gone before, and he crossed the river when it most flooded the country around. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Joshua 3:14–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jordan— Josh 3:1
- Shittim— Josh 3:1
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