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Deuteronomy 22 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Deuteronomy 22, 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
13
classic sermon excerpts
4
preachers & commentators

Deuteronomy 22 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
נַעֲרָה naʻărâh H5291 14 girl
מָצָא mâtsâʼ H4672 10 come, appear
אִשָּׁה ʼishshâh H802 11 woman
בְּתוּלִים bᵉthûwlîym H1331 5 virginity, tokens
שָׁכַב shâkab H7901 7 lie down
אָרַשׂ ʼâras H781 4 engage for matrimony
עִיר ʻîyr H5892 7 city, waking

How preachers through history handled this text

13 public-domain excerpts on Deuteronomy 22, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 7 Matthew Henry 4 Spurgeon 1 John Wesley 1

“These and the like regulations might be needful then, and yet it is not necessary that we should curiously examine respecting them. The laws relate to the seventh commandment, laying a restraint upon fleshly lusts which war against the soul.”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Deuteronomy 22:13–30 (Public Domain)

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