Passage Research
Deuteronomy 30 — Sermon Preparation
If Israel repents from exile God will restore them and circumcise their hearts; the command is not too difficult or distant — life and death, blessing and curse are set before them. Below is a research summary for Deuteronomy 30, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 20
- verses
- 326 / 111
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 9
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Deuteronomy 30 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לֵבָב | lêbâb | H3824 | 8 | heart |
| שׁוּב | shûwb | H7725 | 7 | turn, return |
| שָׁמַע | shâmaʻ | H8085 | 7 | hear, tell |
| חַי | chay | H2416 | 5 | alive, raw |
| מִצְוָה | mitsvâh | H4687 | 4 | command, Law |
| יָרַשׁ | yârash | H3423 | 4 | occupy, driving |
| נָדַח | nâdach | H5080 | 3 | off |
How preachers through history handled this text
9 public-domain excerpts on Deuteronomy 30, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“What could be said more moving, and more likely to make deep and lasting impressions? Every man wishes to obtain life and good, and to escape death and evil; he desires happiness, and dreads misery. So great is the compassion of the Lord, that he has favoured men, by his word, with such a knowledge of good and evil as will make them for ever happy, if it be not their own fault. Let us hear the sum of the whole matter. If they and theirs would love God, and serve him, they should live and be happy. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Deuteronomy 30:15–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jordan— Deut 30:18
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