02-06-2008, 02:17 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-06-2019, 10:17 AM by Director Michael.)
The process of the transmission of the Divine commandments through Moses is explained in detail in two of our web pages:
https://asknoah.org/essay/written_torah
https://asknoah.org/essay/oral_torah
When Moses and the Jewish people encamped at Mt. Sinai, G-d first dictated to Moses the Book of Genesis and the Book of Exodus covering the events up until their arrival at Sinai, and Moses also wrote down the commandments which they had received at the encampment of Mara, after they miraculously passed through the Sea of Reeds on dry land. That included the Seven Noahide Commandments.
The only written "text" that Moses received on Mt. Sinai during his three successive ascensions of 40 days each was the tablets of the Ten Commandments (which are 10 of the 613 Jewish commandments).
For the next nearly 40 years, Moses taught the details of the Jewish Commandments to the future leaders, to the Elders, and to the entire Jewish people orally, and they all made their own personal notes. These teaching were from the Oral Torah which G-d taught to Moses on Mt. Sinai.
Shortly before the end of Moses' physical life, he transcribed the entire Five Books of Moses as the first Torah scroll, as G-d dictated the text to him. He also wrote one Torah scroll for each Tribe, and another one which was kept in the Tabernacle and later in the Holy Temple.
https://asknoah.org/essay/written_torah
https://asknoah.org/essay/oral_torah
When Moses and the Jewish people encamped at Mt. Sinai, G-d first dictated to Moses the Book of Genesis and the Book of Exodus covering the events up until their arrival at Sinai, and Moses also wrote down the commandments which they had received at the encampment of Mara, after they miraculously passed through the Sea of Reeds on dry land. That included the Seven Noahide Commandments.
The only written "text" that Moses received on Mt. Sinai during his three successive ascensions of 40 days each was the tablets of the Ten Commandments (which are 10 of the 613 Jewish commandments).
For the next nearly 40 years, Moses taught the details of the Jewish Commandments to the future leaders, to the Elders, and to the entire Jewish people orally, and they all made their own personal notes. These teaching were from the Oral Torah which G-d taught to Moses on Mt. Sinai.
Shortly before the end of Moses' physical life, he transcribed the entire Five Books of Moses as the first Torah scroll, as G-d dictated the text to him. He also wrote one Torah scroll for each Tribe, and another one which was kept in the Tabernacle and later in the Holy Temple.