Passage Research
Deuteronomy 24 — Sermon Preparation
A divorced woman may not return to her first husband; the newly married are exempt from military duty; pledges, wages, and gleaning rights protect the vulnerable poor. Below is a research summary for Deuteronomy 24, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 22
- verses
- 327 / 132
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 11
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Deuteronomy 24 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עֲבוֹט | ʻăbôwṭ | H5667 | 4 | pawn |
| גֵּר | gêr | H1616 | 5 | guest, foreigner |
| יָתוֹם | yâthôwm | H3490 | 4 | bereaved |
| אַלְמָנָה | ʼalmânâh | H490 | 4 | widow, desolate place |
| לָקַח | lâqach | H3947 | 6 | take |
| מוּת | mûwth | H4191 | 5 | die, kill |
| אִשָּׁה | ʼishshâh | H802 | 5 | woman |
How preachers through history handled this text
11 public-domain excerpts on Deuteronomy 24, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“It is not hard to prove that purity, piety, justice, mercy, fair conduct, kindness to the poor and destitute, consideration for them, and generosity of spirit, are pleasing to God, and becoming in his redeemed people. The difficulty is to attend to them in our daily walk and conversation.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Deuteronomy 24:14–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Egypt— Deut 24:18
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