Passage Research
Exodus 30 — Sermon Preparation
The golden altar of incense, the half-shekel census tax, the bronze basin, the anointing oil, and the sacred incense recipe are all specified. Below is a research summary for Exodus 30, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 38
- verses
- 468 / 157
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 15
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Exodus 30 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| קֹדֶשׁ | qôdesh | H6944 | 15 | sacred, sanctity |
| קְטֹרֶת | qᵉṭôreth | H7004 | 7 | fumigation |
| נָתַן | nâthan | H5414 | 10 | give, put |
| שֶׁקֶל | sheqel | H8255 | 6 | weight |
| כָּפַר | kâphar | H3722 | 5 | cover, expiate |
| מַחֲצִית | machătsîyth | H4276 | 4 | halving, middle |
| מוֹעֵד | môwʻêd | H4150 | 5 | appointment, time |
How preachers through history handled this text
15 public-domain excerpts on Exodus 30, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Directions are here given for making the holy anointing oil, and the incense to be used in the service of the tabernacle. To show the excellency of holiness, there was this spiced oil in the tabernacle, which was grateful to the sight and to the smell. Christ's name is as ointment poured forth, So 1:3, and the good name of Christians is like precious ointment, Ec 7:1. The incense burned upon the golden altar was prepared of sweet spices. When it was used, it was to be beaten very small; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Exodus 30:22–38 (Public Domain)
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