Deuteronomy 31:24

Moses Warns the People

24 When Moses had finished writing down on a scroll every single word^[a] of this law,

Deuteronomy 31:24 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 31:24

And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing
the words of this law in a book
In this book of Deuteronomy, and which concluded the Pentateuch:

until they were finished;
all the words of the law, and the whole five books of Moses, excepting some few verses, ( Deuteronomy 34:1-12 ) , which were added by another hand, Joshua or Ezra.

Deuteronomy 31:24 In-Context

22 So Moses wrote down this song on that day and taught it to the Israelites.

23 The Lord commissioned Joshua son of Nun, "Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land I swore to them, and I will be with you."

24 When Moses had finished writing down on a scroll every single word of this law,

25 he commanded the Levites who carried the ark of the Lord's covenant,

26 "Take this book of the law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit scroll the words to their completion