Passage Research
Deuteronomy 14 — Sermon Preparation
Clean and unclean animals are listed again; tithes are to be brought to the central sanctuary each year — or converted to silver if the journey is too far. Below is a research summary for Deuteronomy 14, 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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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Deuteronomy 14 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אָכַל | ʼâkal | H398 | 17 | eat |
| פַּרְסָה | parçâh | H6541 | 5 | claw, hoof |
| גֵּרָה | gêrâh | H1625 | 4 | cud |
| מִין | mîyn | H4327 | 4 | sort, species |
| פָּרַס | pâraç | H6536 | 4 | break, split |
| בָּחַר | bâchar | H977 | 4 | try, select |
| טָמֵא | ṭâmêʼ | H2931 | 4 | foul |
How preachers through history handled this text
8 public-domain excerpts on Deuteronomy 14, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Moses in this chapter teaches them, I. To distinguish themselves from their neighbours by a singularity, 1. In their mourning, ver. 1, 2. 2. In their meat, ver. 3-21. II. To devote themselves unto God, and, in token of that, to give him his dues out of their estates, the yearly tithe, and that every third year, for the maintenance of their religious feasts, the Levites, and the poor, ver. 22, &c. What Might Be Eaten, and What Not. (b. c. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 1 (Genesis to Deuteronomy), on Deuteronomy 14:1–30 (Public Domain)
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