Deuteronomy 31:24

"And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, that Moses commanded the Levites, that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, saying, Take this book of the law, and put it beside the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee. For I have known thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against Jehovah; and how much more after my death? Assemble unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in your ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them. For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.

"And Moses spake in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, until they were finished."

Moses' writing is mentioned again in Deuteronomy 31:24. "The first command for Moses to write occurs in Exodus 17:14, and this is the last mention of his doing so. From early times Jewish tradition has included the whole Pentateuch in `the Book of the Law.'"[29] We might add that there is no authority and no evidence at all effectively refuting that tradition. "Your law," as mentioned by Jesus in John 10:34 was a reference to the whole Pentateuch. Despite our conviction that Joshua added certain writings to this book, it should also be noted that:

"It is quite possible, however, that Moses himself, ere he laid down the pen, may have recorded what he said when delivering the Book of the Law to the priests, and there is nothing in the manner or style of the record to render it probable that it was written by another.[30]

"The `book' here spoken of would be the whole Pentateuch up to this point, and be `the Book of Moses,' called generally by the Jews, `the Law.' (Matthew 22:40, and Galatians 4:21)."[31] "With these words, Moses handed over the complete Book of the Law to the priests."[32]