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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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