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Ezekiel 42 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Ezekiel 42, 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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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

Ezekiel 42 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
לִשְׁכָּה lishkâh H3957 13 room
דֶּרֶךְ derek H1870 13 road, trodden
קָנֶה qâneh H7070 9 reed, erect
חָצֵר châtsêr H2691 9 yard, hamlet
חִיצוֹן chîytsôwn H2435 6 wall side, exterior
אַמָּה ʼammâh H520 8 a mother, a cubit
צָפוֹן tsâphôwn H6828 7 hidden, dark

How preachers through history handled this text

2 public-domain excerpts on Ezekiel 42, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“This chapter continues and concludes the describing and measuring of this mystical temple, which it is very hard to understand the particular architecture of, and yet more hard to comprehend the mystical meaning of. Here is, I. A description of the chambers that were about the courts, their situation and structure (ver. 1-13), and the uses for which they were designed, ver. 13, 14. II. A survey of the whole compass of ground which was taken up with the house, and the courts belonging to it, ver. 15-20. The Vision of the Temple. (b. c. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 4 (Isaiah to Malachi), on Ezekiel 42:1–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Holy Place 2 — Ezek 42:14

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