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Numbers 15 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Numbers 15, 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

Numbers 15 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
שְׁגָגָה shᵉgâgâh H7684 7 mistake, transgression
אֶחָד ʼechâd H259 11 united, one
הִין hîyn H1969 6 hin
גֵּר gêr H1616 7 guest, foreigner
קָרַב qârab H7126 8 approach, bring near
נִיחוֹחַ nîychôwach H5207 6 restful, pleasant
עֵדָה ʻêdâh H5712 7 assemblage, concourse

How preachers through history handled this text

11 public-domain excerpts on Numbers 15, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 5 Matthew Henry 5 John Wesley 1

“Full instructions are given about the meat-offerings and drink-offerings. The beginning of this law is very encouraging, When ye come into the land of your habitation which I give unto you. This was a plain intimation that God would secure the promised land to their seed. It was requisite, since the sacrifices of acknowledgment were intended as the food of God's table, that there should be a constant supply of bread, oil, and wine, whatever the flesh-meat was. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Numbers 15:1–21 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Egypt — Num 15:41

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