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Exodus 21 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Exodus 21, 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 21 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
שׁוֹר shôwr H7794 16 bullock, traveller
מוּת mûwth H4191 19 die, kill
בַּעַל baʻal H1167 8 master, husband
אִשָּׁה ʼishshâh H802 9 woman
יָצָא yâtsâʼ H3318 9 go, bring
אָדוֹן ʼâdôwn H113 7 sovereign, controller
אָמָה ʼâmâh H519 5 maid-servant

How preachers through history handled this text

10 public-domain excerpts on Exodus 21, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 4 Calvin 3 Spurgeon 2 John Wesley 1

“The cases here mentioned give rules of justice then, and still in use, for deciding similar matters. We are taught by these laws, that we must be very careful to do no wrong, either directly or indirectly. If we have done wrong, we must be very willing to make it good, and be desirous that nobody may lose by us.”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Exodus 21:22–36 (Public Domain)

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