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Deuteronomy 14 — Sermon Preparation

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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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.

Calvin 4 Matthew Henry 3 John Wesley 1

“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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