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Deuteronomy 12 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Deuteronomy 12, 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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verses
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Hebrew words / lemmas
10
classic sermon excerpts
4
preachers & commentators

Deuteronomy 12 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
אָכַל ʼâkal H398 18 eat
מָקוֹם mâqôwm H4725 9 standing, spot
בָּשָׂר bâsâr H1320 7 flesh, freshness
בָּחַר bâchar H977 6 try, select
נֶפֶשׁ nephesh H5315 6 breathing creature, animal
עֹלָה ʻôlâh H5930 5 step, holocaust
נֶדֶר neder H5088 4 promise, thing promised

How preachers through history handled this text

10 public-domain excerpts on Deuteronomy 12, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 4 Matthew Henry 3 Alexander MacLaren 2 John Wesley 1

“The command to bring ALL the sacrifices to the door of the tabernacle, was now explained with reference to the promised land. As to moral service, then, as now, men might pray and worship every where, as they did in their synagogues. The place which God would choose, is said to be the place where he would put his name. It was to be his habitation, where, as King of Israel, he would be found by all who reverently sought him. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Deuteronomy 12:5–32 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Jordan — Deut 12:10

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