Passage Research
Exodus 3 — Sermon Preparation
God appears to Moses in a burning bush on Horeb, declares himself the God of the patriarchs, and commissions Moses to lead Israel out of Egypt. Below is a research summary for Exodus 3, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 22
- verses
- 395 / 144
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 14
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Exodus 3 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| סְנֶה | çᵉneh | H5572 | 5 | bramble |
| מֹשֶׁה | Môsheh | H4872 | 9 | Mosheh |
| מִצְרַיִם | Mitsrayim | H4714 | 8 | Mitsrajim |
| רָאָה | râʼâh | H7200 | 9 | see |
| מִצְרִי | Mitsrîy | H4713 | 5 | Mitsrite |
| שָׁלַח | shâlach | H7971 | 7 | send |
| יָלַךְ | yâlak | H3212 | 6 | walk, carry |
How preachers through history handled this text
14 public-domain excerpts on Exodus 3, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Moses' success with the elders of Israel would be good. God, who, by his grace, inclines the heart, and opens the ear, could say beforehand, They shall hearken to thy voice; for he would make them willing in this day of power. As to Pharaoh, Moses is here told that petitions and persuasions, and humble complaints, would not prevail with him; nor a mighty hand stretched out in signs and wonders. But those will certainly be broken by the power of God's hand, who will not bow to the power of his word. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Exodus 3:16–35 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Midian— Ex 3:1
- Mount Horeb— Ex 3:1
- Egypt— Ex 3:10
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