Passage Research
Leviticus 23 — Sermon Preparation
The sacred calendar is laid out: the weekly Sabbath, Passover, Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits, Weeks, Trumpets, Day of Atonement, and Tabernacles. Below is a research summary for Leviticus 23, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 44
- verses
- 593 / 151
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 11
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Leviticus 23 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מִקְרָא | miqrâʼ | H4744 | 11 | called, meeting |
| מְלָאכָה | mᵉlâʼkâh | H4399 | 11 | deputyship, ministry |
| קֹדֶשׁ | qôdesh | H6944 | 12 | sacred, sanctity |
| שַׁבָּת | shabbâth | H7676 | 9 | intermission, Sabbath |
| חֹדֶשׁ | chôdesh | H2320 | 10 | new, month |
| שֶׁבַע | shebaʻ | H7651 | 10 | seven, full |
| שְׁבִיעִי | shᵉbîyʻîy | H7637 | 8 | seventh |
How preachers through history handled this text
11 public-domain excerpts on Leviticus 23, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“In the feast of Tabernacles there was a remembrance of their dwelling in tents, or booths, in the wilderness, as well as their fathers dwelling in tents in Canaan; to remind them of their origin and their deliverance. Christ's tabernacling on earth in human nature, might also be prefigured. And it represents the believer's life on earth: a stranger and pilgrim here below, his home and heart are above with his Saviour. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Leviticus 23:33–44 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Egypt— Lev 23:43
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