Passage Research
Deuteronomy 21 — Sermon Preparation
Laws cover an unsolved murder requiring a community atonement rite, marriage to a captive woman, the rights of an unloved wife's firstborn son, and the treatment of a stubborn son. Below is a research summary for Deuteronomy 21, 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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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 11
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Deuteronomy 21 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עִיר | ʻîyr | H5892 | 8 | city, waking |
| זָקֵן | zâqên | H2205 | 6 | old |
| עֶגְלָה | ʻeglâh | H5697 | 4 | calf, heifer |
| חָלָל | châlâl | H2491 | 4 | pierced, polluted |
| שָׂנֵא | sânêʼ | H8130 | 4 | hate |
| דָּם | dâm | H1818 | 4 | blood, juice |
| נָתַן | nâthan | H5414 | 5 | give, put |
How preachers through history handled this text
11 public-domain excerpts on Deuteronomy 21, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“If a murderer could not be found out, great solemnity is provided for putting away the guilt from the land, as an expression of dread and detesting of that sin. The providence of God has often wonderfully brought to light these hidden works of darkness, and the sin of the guilty has often strangely found them out. The dread of murder should be deeply impressed upon every heart, and all should join in detecting and punishing those who are guilty. The elders were to profess that they had not been any way aiding or abetting the sin. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Deuteronomy 21:1–9 (Public Domain)
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