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Deuteronomy 27 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Deuteronomy 27, 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 27 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
אָרַר ʼârar H779 12 execrate
עַם ʻam H5971 16 people, tribe
שִׂיד sîyd H7874 4 plaster
אֶבֶן ʼeben H68 5 stone
צָוָה tsâvâh H6680 5 constitute, enjoin
שָׁכַב shâkab H7901 4 lie down
אָב ʼâb H1 5 father

How preachers through history handled this text

7 public-domain excerpts on Deuteronomy 27, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 3 Matthew Henry 3 John Wesley 1

“The six tribes appointed for blessing, were all children of the free women, for to such the promise belongs, Ga 4:31. Levi is here among the rest. Ministers should apply to themselves the blessing and curse they preach to others, and by faith set their own Amen to it. And they must not only allure people to their duty with the promises of a blessing, but awe them with the threatenings of a curse, by declaring that a curse would be upon those who do such things. To each of the curses the people were to say, Amen. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Deuteronomy 27:11–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Jordan — Deut 27:12
  • Mount Gerizim — Deut 27:12
  • Mount Ebal — Deut 27:13

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