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Time after Pentecost · Proper 12 · Year A

Deuteronomy 7:6-9

A People Chosen in Love

July 26, 2026

Moses with the Ten Commandments, Philippe de Champaigne
Moses with the Ten Commandments, Philippe de Champaigne, 17th centuryWeb Gallery of Art
Champaigne's Moses, bearded and frontal, holding the stone where the viewer can read it, painted without drama.It was because the Lord loved you: the reading says the choosing came first and the law afterwards.Philippe de ChampaigneA Brussels-born painter who became the portraitist of Richelieu and of Port-Royal, and whose style grew plainer as his Jansenism deepened.Web Gallery of ArtAn online archive rather than a building; the painting's present owner is not recorded with the image.Web Gallery of Art
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelMatt. 13:44-52Mt 13:44-52
EpistleRom. 8:28-39Rom 8:28-39
Old TestamentDeut. 7:6-9Dt 7:6-9
PsalterPs. 125Ps 125

Overview & Insights

"It was because the LORD loved you ... that he brought you out with a strong hand." (Deuteronomy 7:8)

Moses tells Israel they are a people holy to the LORD, chosen not for their numbers but because he loved them and kept his oath to their ancestors. He calls them to keep the commandments of the faithful God who shows steadfast love to those who love him.

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Commentary

Enduring Word: Deuteronomy 7Enduring Word: Dt 7 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.

Precept Austin: Deuteronomy 7 CommentaryPrecept Austin: Dt 7 Commentary Precept Austin

Study page gathering many conservative commentators on Deuteronomy 7.

StudyLight: Deuteronomy 7 CommentariesStudyLight: Dt 7 Commentaries StudyLight

Many complete commentaries on Deuteronomy 7 gathered on one passage page.

BibleHub: Commentaries on Deuteronomy 7:6BibleHub: Commentaries on Dt 7:6 BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries keyed to Israel as a people holy to the Lord.

Background & Word Study

BibleProject: Deuteronomy OverviewBibleProject: Dt Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of the structure and message of Deuteronomy.

Sefaria: Deuteronomy 7 (Hebrew)Sefaria: Dt 7 (Hebrew) Sefaria

Hebrew text with English and classical Jewish commentary on the chapter.

BibleHub: Deuteronomy 7 InterlinearBibleHub: Dt 7 Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew-English interlinear for word-level study of the chapter.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Deuteronomy 7Catena: Dt 7 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on Deuteronomy 7.

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