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Deuteronomy 2 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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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.

Calvin 4 Matthew Henry 4 Spurgeon 1 John Wesley 1

“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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