Passage Research
Leviticus 20 — Sermon Preparation
Penalties are set for child sacrifice, consulting mediums, and the sexual offenses listed earlier; Israel is called again to be holy and separate from the nations. Below is a research summary for Leviticus 20, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 27
- verses
- 428 / 120
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 8
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Leviticus 20 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מוּת | mûwth | H4191 | 20 | die, kill |
| עֶרְוָה | ʻervâh | H6172 | 8 | nudity |
| אִשָּׁה | ʼishshâh | H802 | 10 | woman |
| גָּלָה | gâlâh | H1540 | 7 | denude, exile |
| דָּם | dâm | H1818 | 7 | blood, juice |
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 9 | people, tribe |
| בְּהֵמָה | bᵉhêmâh | H929 | 6 | dumb, animal |
How preachers through history handled this text
8 public-domain excerpts on Leviticus 20, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“These verses repeat what had been said before, but it was needful there should be line upon line. What praises we owe to God that he has taught the evil of sin, and the sure way of deliverance from it! May we have grace to adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things; may we have no fellowship with unfruitful works of darkness, but reprove them.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Leviticus 20:10–30 (Public Domain)
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