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Numbers 33 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Numbers 33, 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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preachers & commentators

Numbers 33 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
חָנָה chânâh H2583 42 incline, decline
נָסַע nâçaʻ H5265 42 pull, start
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מִדְבָּר midbâr H4057 8 pasture, desert
הַר har H2022 8 mountain, range
הֹר Hôr H2023 4 Hor
אֵתָם ʼÊthâm H864 3 Etham

How preachers through history handled this text

7 public-domain excerpts on Numbers 33, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 3 Matthew Henry 3 John Wesley 1

“In this chapter we have, I. A particular account of the removals and encampments of the children of Israel, from their escape out of Egypt to their entrance into Canaan, forty-two in all, with some remarkable events that happened at some of those places, ver. 1-49. II. A strict command given them to drive out all the inhabitants of the land of Canaan, which they were not going to conquer and take possession of, ver. 50-56. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 1 (Genesis to Deuteronomy), on Numbers 33:1–56 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Egypt — Num 33:1
  • Elim — Num 33:10
  • Red Sea 3 — Num 33:10
  • Sin — Num 33:11
  • Dophkah — Num 33:12

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