Passage Research
Leviticus 22 — Sermon Preparation
Priests must be in a state of ritual purity before eating sacred offerings, and all animals brought for sacrifice must be without defect. Below is a research summary for Leviticus 22, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 33
- verses
- 439 / 140
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 7
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Leviticus 22 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| קֹדֶשׁ | qôdesh | H6944 | 14 | sacred, sanctity |
| אָכַל | ʼâkal | H398 | 14 | eat |
| קָרַב | qârab | H7126 | 8 | approach, bring near |
| קָדַשׁ | qâdash | H6942 | 6 | be, make |
| טָמֵא | ṭâmêʼ | H2930 | 5 | foul |
| רָצוֹן | râtsôwn | H7522 | 4 | delight |
| חָלַל | châlal | H2490 | 4 | bore, wound |
How preachers through history handled this text
7 public-domain excerpts on Leviticus 22, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“1. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 1. Loquutus est insuper Jehova ad Mosen, dicendo: 2. Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD. 2. Loquere ad Aharon, et filios ejus ut separent sese a sanctificationibus filiorum Israel et ne polluant nomen sanctitatis mese in his quae ipsi sanctificant mihi: ego Jehova. 3. …”
— Calvin, Harmony of the Law - Volume 2, on Leviticus 22:1–16 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Egypt— Lev 22:33
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