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Exodus 15 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Exodus 15, 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

Exodus 15 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
יָם yâm H3220 10 sea, large body of water
מַיִם mayim H4325 9 water, juice
גָּאָה gâʼâh H1342 4 mount, rise
שִׁיר shîyr H7891 4 song, singing
מָרָה Mârâh H4785 3 Marah
עַם ʻam H5971 5 people, tribe
אָדַר ʼâdar H142 2 expand, be great

How preachers through history handled this text

15 public-domain excerpts on Exodus 15, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

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

“This song is the most ancient we know of. It is a holy song, to the honour of God, to exalt his name, and celebrate his praise, and his only, not in the least to magnify any man. Holiness to the Lord is in every part of it. It may be considered as typical, and prophetical of the final destruction of the enemies of the church. Happy the people whose God is the Lord. They have work to do, temptations to grapple with, and afflictions to bear, and are weak in themselves; but his grace is their strength. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Exodus 15:1–21 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Philistia — Ex 15:14
  • Canaan — Ex 15:15
  • Edom — Ex 15:15
  • Moab 1 — Ex 15:15
  • Red Sea 1 — Ex 15:22
  • Shur — Ex 15:22

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