through 12:5). There it would have been preserved by the Israelites until it, together with the stories of the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, could be written down. But who wrote it down? Many people consider Moses the greatest man in the Old Testament (see Heb. 3:5). Traditionally he has been identified as the author of the Pentateuch. A large number of Bible verses record that Moses wrote, spoke, or sang something (see Exod. 15:1; Deut. 31:9, 22). Others mention a “book” that has its origins
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