Passage Research
Deuteronomy 2 — Sermon Preparation
Moses recounts how Israel bypassed Edom, Moab, and Ammon as God directed, then defeated Sihon king of the Amorites who refused to let them pass. Below is a research summary for Deuteronomy 2, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 37
- verses
- 532 / 169
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 10
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Deuteronomy 2 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עָבַר | ʻâbar | H5674 | 12 | cross, transition |
| נָתַן | nâthan | H5414 | 15 | give, put |
| יָשַׁב | yâshab | H3427 | 13 | sit, dwell |
| שֵׂעִיר | Sêʻîyr | H8165 | 7 | Seir |
| יְרֻשָּׁה | yᵉrushshâh | H3425 | 6 | occupied, conquest |
| נַחַל | nachal | H5158 | 7 | stream, torrent |
| עֵשָׂו | ʻÊsâv | H6215 | 6 | Esav |
How preachers through history handled this text
10 public-domain excerpts on Deuteronomy 2, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“We have the origin of the Moabites, Edomites, and Ammonites. Moses also gives an instance older than any of these; the Caphtorims drove the Avims out of their country. These revolutions show what uncertain things wordly possessions are. It was so of old, and ever will be so. Families decline, and from them estates are transferred to families that increase; so little continuance is there in these things. This is recorded to encourage the children of Israel. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Deuteronomy 2:8–23 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Mount Seir 1— Deut 2:1
- Way of the Red Sea— Deut 2:1
- Ar— Deut 2:10
- Canaan— Deut 2:12
- Zered— Deut 2:13
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