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Deuteronomy 26 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Deuteronomy 26, 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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Deuteronomy 26 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
נָתַן nâthan H5414 12 give, put
מִצְוָה mitsvâh H4687 4 command, Law
גֵּר gêr H1616 3 guest, foreigner
טֶנֶא ṭeneʼ H2935 2 basket
אָב ʼâb H1 4 father
אֲדָמָה ʼădâmâh H127 3 soil
לֵוִיִּי Lêvîyîy H3881 3 Levite

How preachers through history handled this text

8 public-domain excerpts on Deuteronomy 26, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 4 Calvin 3 John Wesley 1

“Moses here enforces the precepts. They are God's laws, therefore thou shalt do them, to that end were they given thee; do them, and dispute them not; do them, and draw not back; do them, not carelessly and hypocritically, but with thy heart and soul, thy whole heart and thy whole soul. We forswear ourselves, and break the most sacred engagement, if, when we have taken the Lord to be our God, we do not make conscience of obeying his commands. We are elected to obedience, 1Pe 1:2; chosen that we should be holy, Eph 1:4; …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Deuteronomy 26:16–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Egypt — Deut 26:5

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