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Deuteronomy 30 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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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.

Matthew Henry 4 Alexander MacLaren 2 Calvin 1 Spurgeon 1 John Wesley 1

“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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