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Exodus 40 — Sermon Preparation
The tabernacle is erected and all its furnishings are set in place; the cloud of God's glory fills it, signaling his presence among the people. Below is a research summary for Exodus 40, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 38
- verses
- 440 / 111
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 9
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Exodus 40 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מִשְׁכָּן | mishkân | H4908 | 17 | residence, hut |
| אֹהֶל | ʼôhel | H168 | 14 | tent |
| מוֹעֵד | môwʻêd | H4150 | 12 | appointment, time |
| מֹשֶׁה | Môsheh | H4872 | 13 | Mosheh |
| שׂוּם | sûwm | H7760 | 12 | put |
| מִזְבֵּחַ | mizbêach | H4196 | 11 | altar |
| נָתַן | nâthan | H5414 | 12 | give, put |
How preachers through history handled this text
9 public-domain excerpts on Exodus 40, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“In this chapter, I. Orders are given for the setting up of the tabernacle and the fixing of all the appurtenances of it in their proper places (ver. 1-8), and the consecrating of it (ver. 9-11), and of the priests, ver. 12-15. II. Care is taken to do all this, and as it was appointed to be done, ver. 16-33. III. God takes possession of it by the cloud, ver. 34, &c. The Rearing of the Tabernacle. (b. c. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 1 (Genesis to Deuteronomy), on Exodus 40:1–38 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Holy Place 1— Ex 40:22
- Most Holy Place 1— Ex 40:3
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