A few other places might be added, but they are of little importance, and are mentioned in the notes. These last words could not have been added by Moses himself, but are very probably the work of Ezra, by whom, according to uninterrupted tradition among the Jews, the various books which constitute the canon of the Old Testament were collected and arranged, and such expository notes added as were essential to connect the different parts but as he acted under Divine inspiration, the additions may be considered of equal authority with the text. To these may be added DeuteronomyDeu 1:1-5 Deuteronomy 2:12 and the eight concluding verses of the last chapter, in which we have an account of the death of Moses. Numbers 21:14, 'In the book of the wars of the Lord,' was probably a marginal note, which in process of time got into the text see the note on Numbers 21:14. That there are a few things in the Pentateuch which seem to have been added by a later hand there can be little doubt among these some have reckoned, perhaps without reason, the following passage, Genesis 12:6 : 'And the Canaanite was then in the land' but see the note on Genesis 12:6.

When they have proved that Moses is not the author of this work, the advocates of Divine revelation will reconsider the grounds of their faith. As to those who, in opposition to all these proofs, obstinately persist in their unbelief, they are worthy of little regard, as argument is lost on their unprincipled prejudices, and demonstration on their minds, because ever willfully closed against the light. The most respectable heathens have concurred in this testimony, and Jesus Christ and his apostles have completed the evidence, and have put the question beyond the possibility of being doubted by those who profess to believe the Divine authenticity of the New Testament. The Jewish Church, from its most remote antiquity, has ascribed the work to no other hand and the Christian Church, from its foundation, has attributed it to the Jewish lawgiver alone. For more than 3000 years this has been the invariable opinion of those who were best qualified to form a correct judgment on this subject. Every believer in Divine revelation finds himself amply justified in taking for granted that the Pentateuch is the work of Moses.

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