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Joshua 6 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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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.

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

“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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