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Leviticus 12 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Leviticus 12, 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 12 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
טׇהֳרָה ṭohŏrâh H2893 4 purification, purity
טָמֵא ṭâmêʼ H2930 3 be foul
דָּם dâm H1818 3 blood, juice
נְקֵבָה nᵉqêbâh H5347 2 female
יָלַד yâlad H3205 3 bear young, beget
תּוֹר tôwr H8449 2 ring-dove
נִדָּה niddâh H5079 2 rejection, impurity

How preachers through history handled this text

3 public-domain excerpts on Leviticus 12, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 1 Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“After the laws concerning clean and unclean food come the laws concerning clean and unclean persons; and the first is in this chapter concerning the ceremonial uncleanness of women in child-birth, ver. 1-5. And concerning their purification from that uncleanness, ver. 6, &c. Ceremonial Purification. (b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 1 (Genesis to Deuteronomy), on Leviticus 12:1–30 (Public Domain)

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