Passage Research
Deuteronomy 31 — Sermon Preparation
Moses transfers leadership to Joshua, gives the law to the priests with instructions for a public reading every seven years, and God commissions Joshua directly. Below is a research summary for Deuteronomy 31, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 30
- verses
- 553 / 169
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 9
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Deuteronomy 31 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מֹשֶׁה | Môsheh | H4872 | 11 | Mosheh |
| צָוָה | tsâvâh | H6680 | 6 | constitute, enjoin |
| שִׁיר | shîyr | H7892 | 5 | song, singing |
| רַע | raʻ | H7451 | 6 | bad, evil |
| יְהוֹשׁוּעַ | Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ | H3091 | 5 | Jehoshua |
| תּוֹרָה | tôwrâh | H8451 | 5 | precept, statute |
| בְּרִית | bᵉrîyth | H1285 | 5 | compact |
How preachers through history handled this text
9 public-domain excerpts on Deuteronomy 31, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Moses and Joshua attended the Divine Majesty at the door of the tabernacle. Moses is told again that he must shortly die; even those who are most ready and willing to die, need to be often reminded of its coming. The Lord tells Moses, that, after his death, the covenant he had taken so much pains to make between Israel and their God, would certainly be broken. Israel would forsake Him; then God would forsake Israel. Justly does he cast those off who so unjustly cast him off. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Deuteronomy 31:14–22 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jordan— Deut 31:13
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