Passage Research
Exodus 20 — Sermon Preparation
God speaks the Ten Commandments from Sinai; the terrified people ask Moses to mediate, and basic instructions for an altar are given. Below is a research summary for Exodus 20, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 26
- verses
- 312 / 132
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 19
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Exodus 20 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| רֵעַ | rêaʻ | H7453 | 4 | associate |
| שַׁבָּת | shabbâth | H7676 | 3 | intermission, Sabbath |
| מֹשֶׁה | Môsheh | H4872 | 4 | Mosheh |
| דָבַר | dâbar | H1696 | 4 | arrange, speak |
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 4 | people, tribe |
| מִזְבֵּחַ | mizbêach | H4196 | 3 | altar |
| שָׁמַיִם | shâmayim | H8064 | 3 | sky, aloft |
How preachers through history handled this text
19 public-domain excerpts on Exodus 20, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Moses having entered into the thick darkness, God there spake in his hearing all that follows from hence to the end of chap. 23, which is mostly an exposition of the ten commandments. The laws in these verses relate to God's worship. The Israelites are assured of God's gracious acceptance of their devotions. Under the gospel, men are encouraged to pray every where, and wherever God's people meet in his name to worship him, he will be in the midst of them; there he will come unto them, and will bless them.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Exodus 20:22–35 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Egypt— Ex 20:2
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