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Exodus 38 — Sermon Preparation
The bronze altar, basin, and courtyard are completed; an accounting records all the gold, silver, and bronze used in the tabernacle. Below is a research summary for Exodus 38, 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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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Exodus 38 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֶדֶן | ʼeden | H134 | 14 | basis |
| נְחֹשֶׁת | nᵉchôsheth | H5178 | 15 | copper, coin |
| עַמּוּד | ʻammûwd | H5982 | 13 | column, standing |
| חָצֵר | châtsêr | H2691 | 11 | yard, hamlet |
| אַמָּה | ʼammâh | H520 | 11 | a mother, a cubit |
| מֵאָה | mêʼâh | H3967 | 12 | hundred |
| כֶּסֶף | keçeph | H3701 | 10 | silver, pale |
How preachers through history handled this text
6 public-domain excerpts on Exodus 38, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Here is an account, I. Of the making of the brazen altar (ver. 1-7), and the laver, ver. 8. II. The preparing of the hangings for the enclosing of the court in which the tabernacle was to stand, ver. 9-20. III. A summary of the gold, silver, and brass, that was contributed to, and used in, the preparing of the tabernacle, ver. 21, &c. The Tabernacle and Its Furniture. (b. c. 1491.) 1 And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 1 (Genesis to Deuteronomy), on Exodus 38:1–35 (Public Domain)
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