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Deuteronomy 29 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Deuteronomy 29, 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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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

Deuteronomy 29 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
אָלָה ʼâlâh H423 5 imprecation
בְּרִית bᵉrîyth H1285 5 compact
שֵׁבֶט shêbeṭ H7626 4 scion, stick
רָאָה râʼâh H7200 5 see
גָּדוֹל gâdôwl H1419 4 great, older
יָדַע yâdaʻ H3045 4 know, seeing
יָלַךְ yâlak H3212 4 walk, carry

How preachers through history handled this text

12 public-domain excerpts on Deuteronomy 29, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 5 Calvin 4 Spurgeon 2 John Wesley 1

“The national covenant made with Israel, not only typified the covenant of grace made with true believers, but also represented the outward dispensation of the gospel. Those who have been enabled to consent to the Lord's new covenant of mercy and grace in Jesus Christ, and to give up themselves to be his people, should embrace every opportunity of renewing their open profession of relation to him, and their obligation to him, as the God of salvation, walking according thereto. The sinner is described as one whose heart turns away from his God; …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Deuteronomy 29:10–21 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Moab 1 — Deut 29:1
  • Mount Horeb — Deut 29:1
  • Egypt — Deut 29:16
  • Admah — Deut 29:23
  • Gomorrah — Deut 29:23

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