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Exodus 38 — Sermon Preparation

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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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.

Matthew Henry 4 Calvin 1 John Wesley 1

“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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