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Exodus 22 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Exodus 22, 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 22 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
שָׁלַם shâlam H7999 14 be safe, be
רֵעַ rêaʻ H7453 7 associate
מָצָא mâtsâʼ H4672 6 come, appear
בַּעַל baʻal H1167 5 master, husband
שָׂדֶה sâdeh H7704 5 field
שׁוֹר shôwr H7794 4 bullock, traveller
שְׁנַיִם shᵉnayim H8147 5 two, twofold

How preachers through history handled this text

11 public-domain excerpts on Exodus 22, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 9 Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“5. If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution. 5. Si depasci fecerit quispiam agrum aut vitem, et immiserit jumentum suum ut depasceretur agrum alterius: bonum agri ejus et bonum vineae ejus restituet. 6. If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; …”

— Calvin, Harmony of the Law - Volume 3, on Exodus 22:5–35 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Egypt — Ex 22:21

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