1451 BC · AM 2553 · Egypt and Exodus
The law entrusted for public reading
Moses wrote the law and gave it to the priests and elders, commanding that it be read to all Israel every seventh year. The book was placed beside the ark as a witness, and the elders gathered to hear Moses' final warning (Deuteronomy 31:9-29).
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📖 Deuteronomy 31:9–11
9So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel. 10Then Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of remission of debt, during the Feast of Tabernacles, 11when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel.
Sources: AiG Bible Timeline hub
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