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Deuteronomy 10 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Deuteronomy 10, 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 10 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
לוּחַ lûwach H3871 7 glisten, tablet
רִאשׁוֹן riʼshôwn H7223 5 first
אָרוֹן ʼârôwn H727 5 box
הַר har H2022 5 mountain, range
אָהַב ʼâhab H157 4 have affection
יָרֵא yârêʼ H3372 4 fear, revere
שָׁמַיִם shâmayim H8064 4 sky, aloft

How preachers through history handled this text

9 public-domain excerpts on Deuteronomy 10, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 4 Matthew Henry 3 Spurgeon 1 John Wesley 1

“We are here taught our duty to God in our principles and our practices. We must fear the Lord our God. We must love him, and delight in communion with him. We must walk in the ways in which he has appointed us to walk. We must serve him with all our heart and soul. What we do in his service we must do cheerfully, and with good will. We must keep his commandments. There is true honour and pleasure in obedience. We must give honour to God; …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Deuteronomy 10:12–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Egypt — Deut 10:19
  • Beeroth Bene-jaakan — Deut 10:6
  • Moseroth — Deut 10:6
  • Hor-haggidgad — Deut 10:7
  • Jotbathah — Deut 10:7

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