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Deuteronomy 19 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Deuteronomy 19, 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 19 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
עֵד ʻêd H5707 6 witness, testimony
עִיר ʻîyr H5892 7 city, waking
רֵעַ rêaʻ H7453 5 associate
נָתַן nâthan H5414 7 give, put
דָּם dâm H1818 5 blood, juice
שָׁלוֹשׁ shâlôwsh H7969 5 three, third
נוּס nûwç H5127 4 flit, vanish

How preachers through history handled this text

9 public-domain excerpts on Deuteronomy 19, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 4 Matthew Henry 4 John Wesley 1

“The laws which Moses had hitherto been repeating and urging mostly concerned the acts of religion and devotion towards God; but here he comes more fully to press the duties of righteousness between man and man. This chapter relates, I. To the sixth commandment, "Thou shalt not kill," ver. 1-13. II. To the eighth commandment, "Thou shalt not steal," ver. 14. III. To the ninth commandment, "Thou shalt not bear false witness," ver. 15, &c. The Cities of Refuge. (b. c. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 1 (Genesis to Deuteronomy), on Deuteronomy 19:1–30 (Public Domain)

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