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Exodus 40 — Sermon Preparation

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.

Matthew Henry 4 Calvin 3 Alexander MacLaren 1 John Wesley 1

“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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