Passage Research
Exodus 34 — Sermon Preparation
New stone tablets are cut, God proclaims his name and attributes, and the covenant is renewed; when Moses descends his face is radiant. Below is a research summary for Exodus 34, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 35
- verses
- 538 / 203
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 17
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Exodus 34 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מֹשֶׁה | Môsheh | H4872 | 15 | Mosheh |
| לוּחַ | lûwach | H3871 | 7 | glisten, tablet |
| הַר | har | H2022 | 8 | mountain, range |
| דָבַר | dâbar | H1696 | 7 | arrange, speak |
| רָאָה | râʼâh | H7200 | 7 | see |
| סִינַי | Çîynay | H5514 | 4 | Sinai |
| מַסְוֶה | maçveh | H4533 | 3 | a veil |
How preachers through history handled this text
17 public-domain excerpts on Exodus 34, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Once a week they must rest, even in ploughing time, and in harvest. All worldly business must give way to that holy rest; even harvest work will prosper the better, for the religious observance of the sabbath day in harvest time. We must show that we prefer our communion with God, and our duty to him, before the business or the joy of harvest. Thrice a year they must appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel. Canaan was a desirable land, and the neighbouring nations were greedy; yet God says, They shall not desire it. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Exodus 34:18–27 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Egypt— Ex 34:18
- Mount Sinai— Ex 34:2
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