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Deuteronomy 24 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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verses
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Hebrew words / lemmas
10
classic sermon excerpts
3
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

10 public-domain excerpts on Deuteronomy 24, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 5 Matthew Henry 4 John Wesley 1

“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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