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Exodus 30 — Sermon Preparation

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.

Matthew Henry 5 Calvin 4 Alexander MacLaren 3 Spurgeon 2 John Wesley 1

“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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