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Deuteronomy 34:5 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
34:6 And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
34:7 And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
34:8 And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
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So, Genesis through Deuteronomy, were written down [...] by Moses!
Meaning that Moses wrote about his own death and burial, and the mourning which continued for 30 days after his funeral. How edifying!
Regards,
“So, Genesis through Deuteronomy, were written down [...] by Moses!
Meaning that Moses wrote about his own death and burial,”
No one is basing their beliefs on the idea that Moses wrote the entire book. He did much of it. Of course that part was written by Joshua, or a Priest in the time of Joshua.
Well Moses was an unreliable narrator
True enough, the last half chapter of Deuteronomy was indeed written by Joshua. I didn’t expect we were splitting hairs.
The first five books are called the books of Moses, he wrote them, except the last bit, and again, biblical scholars all agree on this, even the non-believing ones. It is not a controversy nor a conundrum.