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Leviticus 24 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Leviticus 24, 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 24 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
רָגַם râgam H7275 4 cast together, lapidate
יִשְׂרְאֵלִית Yisrᵉʼêlîyth H3482 3 Jisreelitess
מוּת mûwth H4191 6 die, kill
קָלַל qâlal H7043 4 be, make
תָּמִיד tâmîyd H8548 4 continuance, extension
מֹשֶׁה Môsheh H4872 5 Mosheh
נָקַב nâqab H5344 3 puncture, perforate

How preachers through history handled this text

7 public-domain excerpts on Leviticus 24, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 3 Matthew Henry 3 John Wesley 1

“In this chapter we have, I. A repetition of the laws concerning the lamps and the show-bread, ver. 1-9. II. A violation of the law against blasphemy, with the imprisonment, trial, condemnation, and execution, of the blasphemer, ver. 10-14, with ver. 23. III. The law against blasphemy reinforced (ver. 15, 16), with sundry other laws, ver. 17, &c. Laws Concerning the Lamps. (b. c. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 1 (Genesis to Deuteronomy), on Leviticus 24:1–30 (Public Domain)

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