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Leviticus 11 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Leviticus 11, 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

Leviticus 11 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
טָמֵא ṭâmêʼ H2930 34 foul
נְבֵלָה nᵉbêlâh H5038 13 flabby, carcase
שֶׁרֶץ sherets H8318 10 swarm, active mass of minute animals
אָכַל ʼâkal H398 16 eat
פַּרְסָה parçâh H6541 9 claw, hoof
מִין mîyn H4327 9 sort, species
שֶׁקֶץ sheqets H8263 8 filth, idolatrous

How preachers through history handled this text

4 public-domain excerpts on Leviticus 11, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 1 Matthew Henry 1 Spurgeon 1 John Wesley 1

“XI Of clean and unclean beasts, ver. 1-8. Fishes, ver. 9-12. Fowls, ver. 13-19. Creeping things whether flying, ver. 20-28. or creeping upon the earth, ver. 29-43. An exhortation to holiness, ver. 44, 45. The conclusion, ver. 46, 47. 1. From the laws concerning the priests, he now comes to those which belong to all the people. God spake to both of them, because the cognizance of the following matters belonged to both: the priest was to direct the people about the things forbidden or allowed, where any doubt or difficulty arose; …”

— John Wesley, Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible, on Leviticus 11:1–46 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Egypt — Lev 11:45

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