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Deuteronomy 1 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Deuteronomy 1, 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

Deuteronomy 1 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
הַר har H2022 10 mountain, range
עָלָה ʻâlâh H5927 9 ascend, high
נָתַן nâthan H5414 10 give, put
אֱמֹרִי ʼĔmôrîy H567 6 Emorite
דָּבָר dâbâr H1697 9 word, matter
רָאָה râʼâh H7200 8 see
דֶּרֶךְ derek H1870 7 road, trodden

How preachers through history handled this text

14 public-domain excerpts on Deuteronomy 1, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 6 Matthew Henry 4 Spurgeon 3 John Wesley 1

“Moses reminds the Israelites of their march from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea, through that great and terrible wilderness. He shows how near they were to a happy settlement in Canaan. It will aggravate the eternal ruin of hypocrites, that they were not far from the kingdom of God. As if it were not enough that they were sure of their God before them, they would send men before them. Never any looked into the Holy Land, but they must own it to be a good land. And was there any cause to distrust this God? …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Deuteronomy 1:19–46 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Arabah — Deut 1:1
  • Dizahab — Deut 1:1
  • Hazeroth — Deut 1:1
  • Jordan — Deut 1:1
  • Laban — Deut 1:1
  • Paran — Deut 1:1

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