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Leviticus 5 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Leviticus 5, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 26
- verses
- 430 / 132
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 7
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Leviticus 5 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| חָטָא | châṭâʼ | H2398 | 13 | miss, sin |
| חַטָּאָה | chaṭṭâʼâh | H2403 | 12 | offence, penalty |
| אָשָׁם | ʼâshâm | H817 | 9 | guilt, fault |
| כֹּהֵן | kôhên | H3548 | 13 | officiating, priest |
| אָשַׁם | ʼâsham | H816 | 8 | be guilty, be punished |
| כָּפַר | kâphar | H3722 | 6 | cover, expiate |
| אֶחָד | ʼechâd | H259 | 8 | united, one |
How preachers through history handled this text
7 public-domain excerpts on Leviticus 5, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“This chapter, and part of the next, concern the trespass-offering. The difference between this and the sin-offering lay not so much in the sacrifices themselves, and the management of them, as in the occasions of the offering of them. They were both intended to make atonement for sin; but the former was more general, this applied to some particular instances. Observe what is here said, I. Concerning the trespass. If a man sin, 1. In concealing his knowledge, when he is adjured, ver. 1. 2. In touching an unclean thing, ver. 2, 3. 3. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 1 (Genesis to Deuteronomy), on Leviticus 5:1–30 (Public Domain)
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