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Leviticus 2 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Leviticus 2, 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
- 6
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Leviticus 2 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מִנְחָה | minchâh | H4503 | 15 | donation, tribute |
| שֶׁמֶן | shemen | H8081 | 9 | grease, richness |
| קׇרְבָּן | qorbân | H7133 | 8 | brought near, present |
| קָרַב | qârab | H7126 | 8 | approach, bring near |
| סֹלֶת | çôleth | H5560 | 5 | flour |
| לְבוֹנָה | lᵉbôwnâh | H3828 | 4 | frankincense, whiteness |
| אִשָּׁה | ʼishshâh | H801 | 6 | burnt-offering, sacrifice |
How preachers through history handled this text
6 public-domain excerpts on Leviticus 2, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“In this chapter we have the law concerning the meat-offering. I. The matter of it; whether of raw flour with oil and incense (ver. 1), or baked in the oven (ver. 4), or upon a plate (ver. 5, 6), or in a frying pan, ver. 7. II. The management of it, of the flour (ver. 2, 3), of the cakes, ver. 8-10. III. Some particular rules concerning it, That leaven and honey must never be admitted (ver. 11, 12), and salt never omitted in the meat-offering, ver. 13. IV. The law concerning the offering of firstfruits in the ear, ver. 14, &c. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 1 (Genesis to Deuteronomy), on Leviticus 2:1–30 (Public Domain)
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