Passage Research
Joshua 6 — Sermon Preparation
The walls of Jericho collapse after Israel marches around the city for seven days with trumpets and a great shout, and only Rahab and her household are spared. Below is a research summary for Joshua 6, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 27
- verses
- 474 / 137
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 12
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Joshua 6 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שׁוֹפָר | shôwphâr | H7782 | 14 | cornet, clear |
| עִיר | ʻîyr | H5892 | 16 | city, waking |
| יְהוֹשׁוּעַ | Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ | H3091 | 11 | Jehoshua |
| אָרוֹן | ʼârôwn | H727 | 10 | box |
| שֶׁבַע | shebaʻ | H7651 | 11 | seven, full |
| תָּקַע | tâqaʻ | H8628 | 8 | clatter, slap |
| רוּעַ | rûwaʻ | H7321 | 7 | mar, split |
How preachers through history handled this text
12 public-domain excerpts on Joshua 6, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Jericho was to be a solemn and awful sacrifice to the justice of God, upon those who had filled up the measure of their sins. So He appoints, from whom, as creatures, they received their lives, and to whom, as sinners, they had forfeited them. Rahab perished not with them that believed not, Heb 11:31. All her kindred were saved with her; thus faith in Christ brings salvation to the house, Ac 16:31. She, and they with her, were plucked as brands from the burning. With Rahab, or with the men of Jericho; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Joshua 6:17–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jericho 1— Josh 6:1
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