Joshua 24:5 (WEB)

Passage

“‘I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.

Nearby Context

Joshua 24:3 I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his offspring, and gave him Isaac.

Joshua 24:4 I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir, to possess it. Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

Joshua 24:5 “‘I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.

Joshua 24:6 I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and you came to the sea. The Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and with horsemen to the Red Sea.

Joshua 24:7 When they cried out to Yahweh, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt. You lived in the wilderness many days.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sent", "moses", "aaron", "plagued", "egypt", "afterward", and "brought". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sent" and "moses", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau..." into verse 6's "I brought your fathers out of Egypt...", so "sent" and "moses" belong inside that flow. In Joshua context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "sent" and "moses" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.