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Deuteronomy 1 — Sermon Preparation
Moses reviews the journey from Horeb — the appointment of leaders, the twelve spies, the people's faithlessness at Kadesh-barnea, and God's sentence of forty years in the wilderness. 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.
- 46
- verses
- 654 / 221
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 15
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- 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
15 public-domain excerpts on Deuteronomy 1, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“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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