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Leviticus 20 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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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.

Calvin 4 Matthew Henry 3 John Wesley 1

“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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