Passage Research
Numbers 20 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Numbers 20, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 29
- verses
- 418 / 140
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 9
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Numbers 20 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אַהֲרוֹן | ʼAhărôwn | H175 | 14 | Aharon |
| מֹשֶׁה | Môsheh | H4872 | 13 | Mosheh |
| מַיִם | mayim | H4325 | 10 | water, juice |
| עֵדָה | ʻêdâh | H5712 | 8 | assemblage, concourse |
| עָבַר | ʻâbar | H5674 | 7 | cross, transition |
| סֶלַע | çelaʻ | H5553 | 5 | rock, fortress |
| הֹר | Hôr | H2023 | 4 | Hor |
How preachers through history handled this text
9 public-domain excerpts on Numbers 20, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“After thirty-eight years' tedious abode in the wilderness, the armies of Israel advanced towards Canaan again. There was no water for the congregation. We live in a wanting world, and wherever we are, must expect to meet with something to put us out. It is a great mercy to have plenty of water, a mercy which, if we found the want of, we should more own the worth of. Hereupon they murmured against Moses and Aaron. They spake the same absurd and brutish language their fathers had done. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Numbers 20:1–13 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Kadesh-barnea — Num 20:1
- Zin 1 — Num 20:1
- Meribah 1 — Num 20:13
- Edom — Num 20:14
- Egypt — Num 20:15
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