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Ezekiel 48 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Ezekiel 48, 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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verses
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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

Ezekiel 48 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
פֵּאָה pêʼâh H6285 36 mouth, direction
אֶלֶף ʼeleph H505 28 thousand
קָדִים qâdîym H6921 20 fore, East
יָם yâm H3220 22 sea, large body of water
גְּבוּל gᵉbûwl H1366 20 cord, twisted
אֶחָד ʼechâd H259 25 united, one
חָמֵשׁ châmêsh H2568 21 five

How preachers through history handled this text

3 public-domain excerpts on Ezekiel 48, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 1 Spurgeon 1 John Wesley 1

“XLVIII The portion of seven tribes, ver. 1-7. The allotment of land for the sanctuary, priests and Levites, ver. 8-14. For the city and prince, ver. 15-22. For the other five tribes, ver. 23-29. A plan of the city, its gates, and new name, ver. 30-35. 15. A profane place - A common, not consecrated place. 16. The measures thereof - The extent and proportions of the city, a square of four thousand five hundred shall be taken out of the middle of the twenty five thousand or the ground-plat of the city. …”

— John Wesley, Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible, on Ezekiel 48:15–35 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Damascus — Ezek 48:1
  • Hamath 1 — Ezek 48:1
  • Hazar-enan — Ezek 48:1
  • Hethlon — Ezek 48:1
  • Lebo-hamath — Ezek 48:1
  • Most Holy Place 2 — Ezek 48:12

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