Passage Research
Numbers 8 — Sermon Preparation
Aaron lights the lampstand as instructed; the Levites are consecrated for tabernacle service, which runs from age twenty-five to fifty. Below is a research summary for Numbers 8, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 26
- verses
- 361 / 106
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 6
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Numbers 8 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לֵוִיִּי | Lêvîyîy | H3881 | 20 | Levite |
| אַהֲרוֹן | ʼAhărôwn | H175 | 9 | Aharon |
| מֹשֶׁה | Môsheh | H4872 | 8 | Mosheh |
| עֲבֹדָה | ʻăbôdâh | H5656 | 6 | work |
| מוֹעֵד | môwʻêd | H4150 | 6 | appointment, time |
| עָבַד | ʻâbad | H5647 | 6 | work, serve |
| אֹהֶל | ʼôhel | H168 | 6 | tent |
How preachers through history handled this text
6 public-domain excerpts on Numbers 8, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“This chapter is concerning the lamps or lights of the sanctuary. I. The burning lamps in the candlestick, which the priests were charged to tend, ver. 1-4. II. The living lamps (if I may so call them), The Levites, who as ministers were burning and shining lights. The ordination of the priests we had an account of, Lev. viii. Here we have an account of the ordination of the Levites, the inferior clergy. 1. How they were purified, ver. 5-8. 2. How they were parted with by the people, ver. 9, 10. 3. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 1 (Genesis to Deuteronomy), on Numbers 8:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Egypt— Num 8:17
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