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THE LAST TASK 
 
 A FRAGMENT 
 
 (JONOKRNING THE AUTHORSHIP OF THK 
 
 BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY 
 
 BY THE LATE 
 
 JUDGE MARSHALL. 
 
 HALIFAX, N.S.; 
 PRINTED AT THB WBSLKYAX OKFJOi, (IRANYILLK ST. 
 
 1880. 
 
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 THE LAST TASK. 
 
 
 A FRAGMENT 
 
 CONCERNING THE AUTHORSHIP OF THE 
 
 BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY 
 
 BY THE LATE 
 
 JUDGE MARSHALL. 
 
 HALIFAX, N. S. : 
 PRINTED AT THE WESLEY AN OFFICE, GRANVILLE ST. 
 
 1880. 
 
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This "Fragment" was passing through the press when its 
 author was called to "cease at once to work and live." Its pre- 
 paration had been a labor of love to him. Sleep, so necessary to 
 the comfort, and even life, of one who had seen his ninety-fourth 
 year was forgotten, and the aged man was found bending over his 
 desk at early morning hours with all the ardor of a youthful 
 student. It was believed by him that tiie intended pamj)hlet 
 would be pcoduclive of gi-eater satisfaction to himself than any of 
 the numerous publications of previous years. His Master, how- 
 ever, saw fit to deny him this brief pleasure, calling him, mean- 
 while, to pleasures which are " forevermore." 
 
 None, who may glance over these statements will find that 
 any apology is needed for giving to the public, even in fragment- 
 ary form, this latest literary task of a deceased father. 
 
 M. B. 
 
 
SOEIPTUEAL PEOOF &o. 
 
 Tho prediction and warning of the insyjirod and faithful Paul, 
 recorded in Acts 20 : — " Also of your own selves nhall men arise, 
 speaking perverse things," are being fully voriticd, even in this 
 advanced ago of the kiiowledgo and belief of divine revelation. 
 That proud and conceited worldlings, and persons of corrupt prin- 
 ciples, and immoral habits, should dislike and reject that revela- 
 tion, and endeavour, by various means, to lessen its belief, and 
 wealvcii its authority, may at all times be expected. But taking 
 inl(/ view the extensive intelligence and knowledge of tho present 
 age, in professedly chi'istian countries, and the numerous triumphs 
 of that revelation, over (lie assaults which have been made upon 
 it, through ditl'erent agey, it docs seem extraordinary, but is tho 
 deplorable fact that many educated and intelligent persons, and 
 especially some of those officially set apart for giving instruction 
 in that revelation, and for its defence and promotion; and also 
 Professors in Colleges, and Teachers in other educational Institu- 
 tions, Jiaving t he 3'outhful generation under their charge, for afford- 
 ingthem the best and most useful instruction, for their guidance and 
 advancing their best interests througii future life, are, at tho 
 present time, the very persons who, by their seemingly plausible 
 but erroneous criticisms, cavils, and objections, are doing far more 
 tending to weaken the belief and authority of divine revelation, 
 than all those who openly reject and oppose it. Numerous in 
 stances of such unfaithfulness, and of those adverse criticisms, 
 have of late years occurred, and are still being exhibited, and arc 
 strenuously sought to be verified and to obtain general belief. 
 
 One of such real, but not intended adversaries, is Rev. Robinson 
 Smith, a Professor in a college in Aberdeen, in religious and highly 
 educated Scotland. Contrary to the universal belief of the Jewish 
 church, through all ages, and of the christian Church also, that 
 Moses was tho writer of the whole of the five first books of Scrip- 
 ture, called tho Pentateuch, he asserts that Deutoronomy, the last 
 
 ssssT. 
 
orio of tho80 hooks, wus not writtoii by Mosos, but hundreds of 
 ycJii'M after his time by worne divinely insj)ired person, of whom, 
 however, ho does not offer the slii^htest infornuition or conjccturo. 
 lie hiis been tdinryod with that offence in several of tho church 
 courts of the Presbyterian Free ('hurch, bein,<jf one of its ministers, 
 but the case has not yet been finally decided. It will probalily bo 
 brought forward, for that decision, at tho next Session of tlio 
 General Assembly of that church. Tlio desii^n in these pa<^'es, is, 
 lo })rove, by precise and abounding scripture evidence, that JMoses, 
 and he alone, was the oi-iginal writer of tho Hook of Deuteronomy. 
 It is thought thu*: the subject will bo tho more readily and 
 satisfactorily c(nn[)rehen(led and understood, and tiie truth con- 
 corning it, bo made the moro clearly anil decisiv-ely manifest by 
 discussing it under the three following divisions : 
 
 1. Ilo-onactmcnts in Deuteronomy, of numerous Divine Laws 
 and Ordinances contained in the preceding books of the Pentateuch. 
 
 2. Numerous new and additional Divine Jjaws and Institu- 
 tions in Doutcronom}', and made known to the people by Moses. 
 
 8. Proof in many subsequent books of both the Old and Now 
 Testament Scriptures, that Moses was the original writer of tho 
 Book of Deuteronomy. 
 
 I. RE-ENACTMENTS. IN DEUTERONOMY, OF NUMEROUS DIVrNE LAWS 
 
 AND ORDINANC ' CONTAINED IN THE niECEDING BOOKS 
 
 OF TIIE PENTATEUCH. 
 
 Genesis 9 : 5, 6. At tho hand 
 of every man's brother will I 
 require the life of man. AVhoso 
 sheddeth man's blood, b}* man 
 shall his blood be shed. Also 
 Exodus 21 : 24. 
 
 Gen. 9:4. " Flesh with the 
 lii'^j thereof, which is the blood 
 thereof, shall ye not eat." 
 
 Deut. 19: 11— Li. Expressly 
 re-enacted here. 
 
 Deut. 12: 16, 24. ^' Ye shall 
 not eat the bl(K)d ; ye shall ])our 
 it upon the earth, as water." 
 
- Kxnclus 12 : 21. *' Draw out 
 and tako you a lamb, accord m;;" 
 tf your luinilK's, juid Icill tlio 
 passovcr." vci-sc 25. '• When yo 
 nliiill coiuv' to tlio hind which the 
 Lord shall givo you, according- 
 aw ho hath promised, yo shall 
 kcop this service." Seo also J^ev. 
 23: 5. 
 
 Ex. 13: 12. " Thou slialt set 
 ajiart unto the Jjord, nil tluU 
 o|«cnot]i the nniti'ix, and evciy 
 tii'stlini'; ihal conieth of a hcasi, 
 which tliou hast ; the males shall 
 bo the Lord's." 
 
 Ex. 2U: 4. "Thou shalt not 
 make unto thee any i;;raven iin- 
 a^e, oi'anv liket ess of iiwy thinir 
 that is in heaven above, or that 
 is in the earth beneath, or that 
 is in the water under the earth." 
 
 Ex. 20. The Ten Command- 
 ments hero given. 
 
 Ex. 21: 2. 'Mf thou buy an 
 Hebrew servant, six years ho 
 shall servo, and in the seventh 
 ho shall go out free, for nothing. 
 See also Lev. 25 : 39. 
 
 Ex. 21 : !<;. ''He that steal- 
 oth a man, and sellelh him, or if 
 he bo found in his hand, ho shall 
 Burely be j)ut to death." 
 
 Ex. 22 : 32 ; also Num. 33 : 52. 
 No covenant to be made with 
 the seven nations. Thcv must 
 be destroyed, v. 24. Not to bow 
 down to their gods, etc. To des- 
 troy their images. 
 
 Deut. Hi: 1,2. " Observe tho* 
 monthof Abib, and kee|)the pass- 
 ovei" unio the Lord thy (iodj 
 tor in the month of Abib, the 
 Lord th}'(Jod brou;j;hl theelorlh 
 (Hit of Kgypt, by night." verso G 
 •• At the [(lace which tlu< FiOrd 
 thy (Jod shall choose to placo 
 hi.^ name in, there ilioii shalt 
 Hacritice the passovo!" at even." 
 
 Deut. 15: 19. "All the lirst- 
 ling males (hat comoof tliy lierd, 
 and ol thy flo<d<, lhr)u shalt sanc- 
 lilV unto the Lord thv (iod." 
 
 Deui. 5: 8. "Thou shalt not 
 make thee any graven inntgo, or 
 any likeness of aii}' thing that is 
 in the eauh beneath, or that is 
 in tho water beneath the earth." 
 
 Deut. 5. Ton ('ommatulmcnts 
 re-enacted. 
 
 Deut. 15: 12. " If thy brother, 
 an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew 
 woman, be sold unto thee, and 
 serve thee six years, tlien, in tho 
 seventh year, thou shalt let him 
 go free from thee." verso 14. 
 ''Thou shalt furnish ium liber- 
 ally out of thy flock." 
 
 Deut 24: 7. "If a man bo 
 
 found stcnUing any of his Ijreth 
 renof the children of Israel, and 
 making mei-chandize of him, or 
 Holloth him, then that thief shall 
 die, etc. 
 
 Deut. 7: 2 — 5. I7e-enacted in 
 full : and in similar woi'ds. 
 
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 • Ex. .'M : l.'{. To destroy t hoi r ])out. 12:2. A/?ni!i commnnd- 
 
 phu'cs of idolatry, otc. od. in liko avohIh, etc. 
 
 Kx.2;i: 19. Not (ohcothoalcid iK-iil. 14: 21. Troliihitocl in 
 
 in his niothoi's tnilix. precisely saino woi'ds. 
 
 Kx.2;{: 17; also ;{4; 2:{. Three Dent. Hi: 10. Jlo enacted in 
 
 times, }H'iii'ly, all males toap])e!ir similar terms. In three feasts ol' 
 
 before the; Ijord, in appointed unleavened hi-ead, of weeks, and 
 
 feasts, etc. of tahernaclcs. 
 
 Ex-. 2;}: 2, (I, H. Not to wrest Dent. 10 : U). Both commands 
 
 judgment, nor take Ljift fbi* it. re-enacted. 
 
 \']k,'M: 17; also Lev. 2(5: 1. Dent. IC : 21, 22. Similar pro- 
 
 Not to make molten i!;ods. hi)»ition hero rejjealed. 
 
 Ex. 2;{: 45. To restore hro- Deut. 22: 1 — L Similar com- 
 
 thcr's stray cattle, etc. mands as to brother's cattle, etc. 
 
 Ex. 22 : ir>. lOnticin^^ and hum- Deut. 22 : 28, 21). liencw.s the 
 
 blin^ a damsel, must take lioras same command, etc. 
 wifi', etc. 
 
 Deut. 2:}: li). 20. This com- 
 mand is hero renewed. 
 
 Deut. 22: 17. Kc-cnactod here. 
 Deal. 20: 2, 10. Precisely re- 
 
 \]x. 22 : 25. Not to exact us- 
 ury from a poor brother. 
 
 Ex'. 2'?: 22. Not loaftict wid- 
 ow or fatherless child. 
 
 Ex. 23: 11); also Lev. 23: 10. 
 To offer tir.st fruits, etc., to the nowe<l here. 
 Lord. 
 
 Ex. 34 : 22 ; also Lev. 23 : 15. Deut. 10 : 10. Hero also, strict- 
 Feast of weeks to be t)bservod. ly enjoined, 
 
 Ex. 21 : 12, 14. Murderer to Deut. ID : 11— 13 IJe-enacted 
 b(i ])ut to death. hei-e. 
 
 Ex. 21:24. Personal injuries Deut. 21: 24, 25. The .same 
 to be punished in the s;imo form commanded hei'e. 
 as those inflicted by the offendei-. 
 
 Lev. chapters 1, 2, 3. Injunc- Deut. 12: — 27. Those in- 
 tions to various offerings, etc. junctions hero renewed. . 
 
 Lev. 19 : 33. Not to injure or Deut. 10: 19. Love of the 
 ufHict a stranger, etc. sti-anger commanded. 
 
 Lev. 11: 1 — 31. Commands Deut. 14: 4—21. Same com- 
 as to eating, or not eating, cer- manils given here, 
 tain beasts, birds, birds, etc. 
 
 Lev. 19: 28. Cutting in the Deut. 14: 1. The same pro- 
 flesh, for the dead, prohibited. hibition. 
 
Lov. 25 : 85. To roliovo poor 
 brothoi" liborully. 
 
 Lov. ID: 21. Not to pn8« child 
 throu;.''.i tiro to Moloch. 
 
 Lov. 10: li). Not to HOW 
 minglod soods, otc. 
 
 Lov. 19 : 19. Gurinonts of 
 m'n;;lod wool loll uiul linoii t'or- 
 I'lvidon. 
 
 Lov. 20: 10. Adultory to Ih" 
 piini.shod with dcutii. 
 
 Lov IH : — 2-1. Various ssox- 
 uiil coniioxion.s I'oi-hiddoi). 
 
 Lov. 1!) : 21). Prostitution of 
 d.'iui^htor f()rl)id(lon. 
 
 Lev. c'luijis. 1.'!, 14. ('oncorii- 
 in^ leprosy. 
 
 iiov. 11): 1.'}. Forbi(ldin<;'fViuul, 
 and llio witliholdint;- waives. 
 
 Lev. 1!): D, 10. To leave tor 
 gleanhiys at harvests. 
 
 Lev. 10: ;J5, :>(!. False weii^hts 
 and measures Ibrbidden, 
 
 Lov. 20 : 9. Child who oursetli 
 u parent to bo stoned, etc. 
 
 Lev. 22 : 20. i\ 11 otlerings to 
 bo without blemish. 
 
 Lov. 23 : 3. Jot to woric, but 
 to j'ost on Sabbath. 
 
 Lev. chap. 2 < . Laws concern- 
 ing singular vows ; and persons 
 and things dovote(l to the Lord. 
 
 Lev. 20. Blessings for obedi- 
 ence, and punishments for dis- 
 obedience. 
 
 Num. 5 : 0, 10 ; also 18, 12, otc. 
 Concerning otierings, etc., for 
 priests. 
 
 Dout. 15:7—14. Re-enacted 
 here precisely. 
 
 i)eut. 18: 10, 11. lle-enactcd 
 horo oxprossly. 
 
 Dout. 22 : 0. Prohibition hero 
 renewed. 
 
 Dent. 22: 11. Tho same for- 
 bidlen hero. 
 
 I)eut.22:22. Ee-enaclcd jiero. 
 
 Deut. 25: 30, and c'laj). 27 : 20 
 — 24. Forbidden here, in pai't. 
 
 Deut. 23: 17. Similar enact- 
 ment- 
 
 Doul. 24: 8. Connuands con- 
 corning i(, to bo obeyed. 
 
 Deut. 24 : 14, 15. J fere, again 
 ])roliibite(|. 
 
 Dent. 24: 10—24. The same 
 commanded here. 
 
 Deut. 25 : 13, etc. The same 
 proiiibition renewed. 
 
 J)eut.27: 10. Curse declared 
 for child setting light by parent. 
 
 J)eut, 15: 21; and 17: 1. The 
 same commanded liere. 
 
 Dout. 5 : 14. TJie same com- 
 mands. 
 
 Deut. 23: 21, etc. Vows etc., 
 to bo fulfilled. 
 
 Dout. 28. Contains simih.r 
 blessings and punishments. 
 
 Deut. 18 : 3 — 8. Similar allow- 
 ances establisJiod for their sup- 
 port. 
 
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 Num. 18: 21. Lovites to hi vo Deut. 14: 27, otc. The same 
 the tithes of fruits, etc. grant to them here continued. 
 
 Num. 35 : 9 to end of chapter Deut. 4 : 41, etc, and 19 : 2, etc 
 Concerning cities of refuge for Same appointments, etc., here 
 
 renewed. 
 
 manslayer. 
 
 Num. 35 : 30. More than one 
 witness for sentence to death 
 punislimcnt. 
 
 Num. 15: 38, etc. To have 
 fringes on their garments, to re- here repeated, 
 mind them of their bondage and 
 deliverance. 
 
 Deut. 11: G] and 19 : 15. Same 
 ordinance here continued. 
 
 -Deut. 22 : 12. Same command 
 
 There are, in Deuteronomy, many other re-enactments of hxws, 
 regulations &c. additional to the foregoing 40 instances, making 
 the whole number of them, abcut seventy, or upwards. 
 
 The following facts will show that there was a necessity for 
 all such re-enactments ; — Veiy many of the vast multitude who 
 left Egypt were mere infants, or under 20 years ; and were the 
 same, when the numbering from th it ago and upward, fit for war, 
 took place at Sinai only one year and a month after that departure. 
 Nearly all the laws &c. were given at Sinai, and as the host left 
 there on the twentieth day of that month, but comparatively few 
 of those under twenty years knew any of those laws. All those 
 so numbered, except Caleb and Joshua, came to death, in various 
 modes, during the nearly 39 years of their subsequent wanderings. 
 It was in the last month of the 40 years, just before entering the 
 promised land, that those I'C-enactments in Deuteronomy were 
 made. Under all these circumstances, it is manifest, that the}' 
 were thus wisely and graciously given for the information and 
 obedience of that second and youthful generation. 
 
 II. NEW AND ADDITIONAL DIVINE LAWS AND INSTITUTIONS IN DEU- 
 TERONOMY ; AND MADE KNOWN TO THE PEOPLE BY MOSES. 
 
 The following form the larger portion of them : — 
 
 Deut. G. 5. " Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine 
 
 heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." See also 
 
 ch. 10. 12, and Luke 10. 2. 4. 
 
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 ■ Dout. i). 13. To tear the Lord and swear by his name. 
 Bout. (i. 16. Not to terapt tho Loi-d.— Math. 4. 7-10.— 
 Luke 4. 12. 
 
 Dout. 12.. 5. t) cS:c. To convey their ottering to the place 
 divinely appointed. 
 
 Deut. 4. 2 and 12. ;-i2. Not to add to divine commands, or 
 diminiwh them. 
 
 Beiit. ch. 13. Prophet, dreainer, and others who incite or 
 advise to idohitry ; and all who turn to it to be ])ut to death : — 
 AIho ch. 17. 2-7. 
 
 Deut. 19. 15. 0/ie witness not wuftieiont loi- conviction Ibi- 
 any iniquity; but the testimony of two, or more, loquired. 
 
 Deut. 12. 19. and 14. 27. Never to IbrBake tho LoTitc. 
 
 Deut. 14.3. Command,— not to cat any abominable thing. 
 
 Deut. 14.28, 29. To bring forth tithes &c. at end of thre^ 
 ycai'b, for the use of the Levite, the strangei\ fatherless and widow. 
 
 Deut. M. 5, 0. Not to sacritico the })assover at any other 
 place in the land, than the one which shall bo divi.iely apiiointed. 
 
 Deut. 16. 13. Similar command as to the/>^a(e of keeping the 
 feast of tabernacles. 
 
 J>eii!. K). I'). All males to ap]»ear before tho lord, at tho 
 place appoint'xl. three times yearly, vi/.. in feast ot unleavened 
 bread; of weeks; and of tabernacles ; and not appear empty, but 
 to give as able etc. 
 
 Deut. 17. 8 &e. Cases betweiu blood and blood etc., difficult 
 of judgment, to be brought before the Priests, Lcvitos, and Judge, 
 at place appointed by the Lord ; and the offender rejectiDtr and 
 disobeying their decision, to bo put to death. 
 
 Deut. 17. 14 &c. Commands as to the choice and tho conduct 
 of the King tho Lord may appoint. He must write and keep a 
 copy of the law, and study therein, and obey it. 
 
 Deut. 19. 14. Not to remove neighbour's old landmark. 
 
 Deut. 19. 18-21. A witness falsely charging and testifying 
 against any person, shall have same punishment as he s 
 
 rht to 
 
 have inflicted on the other. 
 
 t Deut. 20. 19. Not to cut down and employ in a siego, tree.-! 
 affording meat &c. 
 
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 Dout. 21. 1-9. Lav unci regulations as to one found slain near 
 a city. 
 
 Deut. 21. 15-17. Law as to inheritance of children 1y two 
 wives. 
 
 Deut. 21. 18-22. Rebellous and stubborn son to be stoned. 
 
 Deut. 21, 22, 23. The body of a person hung must be taken 
 down the same day. 
 
 Deut. 22. 5, Men and women not to wear each other's 
 clothes. 
 
 Deut. 22. 8. To build battlements on the roofs of their houses., 
 
 Deut, 22. 10. Not to plough with an ox and an ass together. 
 
 Deut. 22. 13-21. Law and re^Tjulations as to trial and punish- 
 ?nents of charge by husband, of unchastity of wife, before mar- 
 riage. 
 
 Deut. 22. 23-2*7. Law and punishments as to men lying with 
 betrothed, and with unbetrothed damsels. 
 
 Deut. 23. 2. A bastard not to enter into the congregation of 
 the Lord, to his tenth generation. 
 
 Dout. 23. 3. The like law as to a Moabite and an Ammonite. 
 8ee Neh. 13. 1, 2. 
 
 Deut. 23. 7. Not to abhor an Edomite, because a brother ; 
 nor an Egyptian, because they were Strang ^,rs in his land. 
 
 Deut. 23. 15, 16. Law concerning an escaped servant. 
 
 Deut. 23. Commands as to eating fruit in passing through 
 neighbor's tield. 
 
 Deut. 24. 1-4. Concerning divorce of wife, and taking 
 another <fcc. See Math. 19. 7. — ^^lark 10. 5. 
 
 Deut. 24. 5. Exemptions from services &C. on taking a wife. 
 
 Deut. 24. 6. Not to take a mill-stone as a pledge. 
 
 Deut. 24. 10, II. Not to go into the house of a brother to get 
 his pledge. 
 
 Deut. 24. 16. No person to be put to death for another's sin. 
 
 Dent. 25. 2, 3. Not more than forty stripes for any oftenco. 
 
 Deut. 25. 4. Not to muzzle the ox when treading Dut the corn. 
 See 1 Tim. 5. 18. Also 1 Cor. 9. 9. '' Written in law of Moses." 
 
 Deut. 25. 5-10. Law as to taking the widow of deceased 
 brother, who had no children.— See Mark 12. 19. and Luke 20, 28. 
 
 

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 J)eut. 25. 17. The Amalakite people to be totally dostroyot^. 
 The divine reason for it given. 
 
 Deut. 26. 1-15. Command to take " lirst fruits" topi-iest, 
 and make acknowledgments ol' divine goodness etc. 
 
 Deut. chs. 27. 2-8. On entering land to sot up great stones 
 &c. and ** write thereon all the words of this law" &c. — See Josh. 
 8. 30-35.— 2 Chron. 34. 14, 21, 24. and (;h. 35-12. 
 
 Deut. chs. 27. and 28. Curses for disobedience, and blessings 
 for obedience. 
 
 There are, in this book of Deuteronomy, many other neiv laws, 
 additional to the foregoing 44, making the whole number of such 
 kws in this book, nearly, if not quite seventy. Many of these laws 
 and also of those I'e-enacted, given in previous pages, were to be 
 carried into effect immediately, or within short periods after their 
 entrance into the land. It was therefore expedient, or indeed ab- 
 solutely needful, that their Priests, Levites, and other Rulers, 
 especially, should have those numerous laws of the two descrip- 
 tions, — about 07ie hundred and forty, or more, — in writing, and not 
 depending, for observance, merely on memory. 
 
 If, as is contended by Professor Kobinson Smith, of Aberdeen, 
 the book of Deuteronomy was not written until hundreds of yearft 
 after the time of Moses, those rulers and that young second genera- 
 tion could not have remembered, and precisely and fully obeyed 
 those very numerous laws and ordinances if they had only been 
 given to them orally before entering the land. Moreover, it is 
 quite improbable that the priestly and other rulers of any such 
 future time, would have .-eceived the book as a genuine Work. 
 They would doubtless have rejected and condemned it as spurious 
 and false ; and would have viewed the writer, somewhat like what 
 we call a forger and impostor; and would have punished him 
 severely for the oflfenco and attempted imposition. But further, 
 if the book had been composed at that asserted distant time, it 
 seems incredible that the writer could have possessed correctly the 
 knowledge of all the vast number and great variety of facts, events, 
 and circumstances, contained in the book, — if, at first, only orally 
 given, — and therefore he could not have given them in the pre- 
 cise and orderlj' manner in which]they^are found in the book, i^s 
 to its asserted future ooraposition, it may further be remarked, 
 
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 ihaf; as neurly all tiio siiksoqiient liistoiical books <^ive jM'Oof that 
 priests and other nilors, and t ho people i^cncraily, were continually 
 iapHing into idolatry and heathen rites and eiistoniH ; and consc- 
 (jnently no gj-oatl}' nopflectin^ the obsorvanee of the divine lawB 
 and institutionts, it these Deiileronomy Iaw8 had at fij'st been onlj' 
 r>m% given, Ihey would inevitably have been either partially or 
 u-enerally forgotten ; anu therefore a book containing them, wiib- 
 initted hundreds of ^-ears alter the time of Moses, would have been 
 immediately rejected by rulers and people as not authentic or 
 reliable. 
 
 The following paHsages in Ihe book itself clearly show that 
 Moses by divine command wrote the whole of Ch. 32, which con- 
 tains the divine sonff and prophecy concei-ning the people : — " Now, 
 therefore, write ye this song for you, and teach it to the children 
 of Israel : put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness 
 for me against the children of Israel." — V. 22. — *' Moses, therefore, 
 wrote this song the same day, and taught it to the children of 
 Israel." . . * 
 
 But further, that the whole book was written by Moses, and 
 by him only, is ei'en conclusively proved by the following texus 
 inCh. 31.: — V. 9, '' And Moses wrote this law and delivered it 
 unto the priests, the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of ihe coven- 
 ant of the Lord, and unto all the elders of Israel." — Vs. 24 «&c. 
 And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the 
 woixls of this law in a book, until it was finished^ that Moses com- 
 manded the Levites which bare the ark of the covenant of the 
 Lord, saying, — " Take this book of the laio and put it in the side of 
 the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there 
 ibr a witness against you." 
 
 The words, — *' this book of the law," in the foregoing citation 
 evidently mean this book of Deuteronomy, which contains such a 
 large proportion of the Pentateuch laws and ordinances ; for it is 
 said in Ch. 29. 1 : — " These are the words of the covenant which 
 the Lord comnianded Moses to make with the children of Israel, 
 in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them 
 in Horeb." 
 
 ^ ^JTow it 19 manifest that if the book ^va8 written at a fUtnre 
 tiijrti, *$ I'rafeSsoj' Smitb aesfefrfu^ th^ wtit^r ^vr>n(d not h<!iv6 itj6fe!rt«cl 
 
 
those passages, which so expressly declare that Moses was the 
 author of the book. Those insertions would have completely 
 falsified his pretence ot having composed it. The foregoing cited 
 passages in the book completely refute that assertion of the Pro- 
 fessor, as to the subsequent and distant time of its having been 
 written. But further, and beyond all the foregoing facts and con- 
 siderations, it will now be clearly shown, by numerous citations 
 and proofs contained in subsequent books c f the Old and also the 
 Neiv Testament, that Moses, and he only, was the writer of this 
 book of Deuteronomy. In looking through those subsequent books 
 it will also be found that they contain a greater number of such 
 proofs that Moses was the writer of Deuteronomy, than they all 
 give, showing that hewrotethefour other books of the Pen tateuchs. 
 
 
 in. PROOF IN SEVERAL BOOKS BOTH OP THE OLD AND THE NEW 
 
 TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES, THAT MOSES WAS THE ORIGINAL 
 
 AVRITER OF THE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 (The following passages of Scripture, found on a list from 
 which a number of others had been erased, were no doubt intended 
 to be used by the author in this portion of his pamphlet.) 
 
 Deut. 11, 22, 24, 29 ; 31, 9, 24 ; Joshua 1, 5-8 ; 22, 5. 
 
 Deut. 27, throughout; Joshua 8, 30 to end of ch.; 2 Chron. 
 
 34, 14. 
 
 Deut. 6, 45 ; 10, 12 ; Jo8hua'^22, 5 ; Gal. 3, 10. 
 
 Deut. 5, 32; 28, 14; Joshua 23, 6. 
 
 Deut. 24, 16; 2nd Kings 14, 6; 2nd Chron. 25, 4 ; 34, 15, 21,24. 
 
 Deut. 31, 9, 10, 11, U &c. Neh. 8, 1, 14 ; 10, 29 ; John 7, 19. 
 
 Deut. 26, 34 ; 13, 12. 
 
 Deut. 24, 1; 31, 9, 24 &c. Matt. 19, 4, 7, 8. Mark 10, 4. 
 
 Deut. 4, 44 ; 5, 1 ; 31, 26 ; Joshua 23 6 ; John 1, 17. 
 
 Deut. 18, 15, 18, 19 ; John 1, 45 ; 5, 40-47. 
 
 Deut. 32nd. Rom. 10, 5 ; 10, 10. 
 
 Deut. 25, 4 ; 31, 9, 24 ; Ist. Cor. 9, 9 ; Ist. Tim 5, 18. 
 
 Deut. 17, 2, 6 ; 19, 15; Hob. 10, 28 ; John 8, 17. 
 
 Deut. 28, 20 ; Daniol 9, II. 
 
 Vdnt ad; 17^ 18, 19 ; Daniel 9^ 11, 14. 
 
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