Deuteronomy - 31:22



22 So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.

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Explanation and meaning of Deuteronomy 31:22.

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Moses therefore wrote the canticle and taught it to the children of Israel.
And Moses writeth this song on that day, and doth teach it the sons of Israel,
So that same day Moses made this song, teaching it to the children of Israel.
Scripsit itaque Moses canticum istud eo die, et docuit illud filios Israelis.

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Historical Commentaries

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Moses therefore wrote this song the same day,.... The same day it was dictated to him by divine inspiration; he wrote it, as Josephus says (d),"in hexameter verse, which he left in the holy Bible or book (the Pentateuch), containing (as he adds) a prophecy of things future, according to which all things have been done, and are done; and in nothing of it has he erred from the truth;''which is a very just account of it, and worthy of observation:
and taught it the children of Israel; instructed them in the meaning of it, directed them to repeat it frequently, to lay it up in their memories, and often meditate upon it; as being a divine composition, and of great importance, as the consideration of it will make appear.
(d) Antiqu. l. 4. c. 8. sect. 44.

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