Passage Research
Exodus 31 — Sermon Preparation
Bezalel and Oholiab are named as the craftsmen for the tabernacle project; the Sabbath commandment is given as a sign of the covenant. Below is a research summary for Exodus 31, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 18
- verses
- 229 / 102
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 8
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Exodus 31 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שַׁבָּת | shabbâth | H7676 | 6 | intermission, Sabbath |
| מְלָאכָה | mᵉlâʼkâh | H4399 | 5 | deputyship, ministry |
| כְּלִי | kᵉlîy | H3627 | 4 | prepared, apparatus |
| קֹדֶשׁ | qôdesh | H6944 | 4 | sacred, sanctity |
| מוּת | mûwth | H4191 | 4 | die, kill |
| בֶּגֶד | beged | H899 | 3 | covering, clothing |
| חֲרֹשֶׁת | chărôsheth | H2799 | 2 | work |
How preachers through history handled this text
8 public-domain excerpts on Exodus 31, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“God is here drawing towards a conclusion of what he had to say to Moses upon the mount, where he had now been with him forty days and forty nights; and yet no more is recorded of what was said to him in all that time than what we have read in the six chapters foregoing. In this, I. He appoints what workmen should be employed in the building and furnishing of the tabernacle, ver. 1-11. II. He repeats the law of the sabbath, and the religious observance of it, ver. 12-17. III. He delivers to him the two tables of the testimony at parting, ver. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 1 (Genesis to Deuteronomy), on Exodus 31:1–35 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Holy Place 1— Ex 31:11
- Mount Sinai— Ex 31:18
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