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Exodus 3 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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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.

Calvin 5 Matthew Henry 5 Alexander MacLaren 2 Spurgeon 1 John Wesley 1

“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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