Editing Moses (section)

=== Lawgiver of Israel ===
{{Further|Law of Moses|Mosaic authorship|Deuteronomist|Book of Deuteronomy#Deuteronomic code|613 Mitzvot}}
[[File:Guido Reni - Moses with the Tables of the Law - WGA19289.jpg|thumb|''Moses with the Tables of the Law'' by [[Guido Reni]], 1624]]
Moses is honored among [[Jews]] today as the "lawgiver of Israel": he delivered several sets of laws in the course of the Torah. The first is the [[Covenant Code]],<ref>{{bibleverse|Exodus|20:19–23:33|HE}}</ref> the terms of the [[Mosaic covenant|covenant]] which God offers to the Israelites at Mount Sinai. Embedded in the covenant are the [[Decalogue]] (the [[Ten Commandments]], Exodus 20:1–17),<ref>{{bibleverse|Exodus|20:1–17|HE}}</ref> as well as the Book of the Covenant (Exodus 20:22–23:19).<ref>{{bibleverse|Exodus|20:22–23:19|HE}}</ref>{{sfn|Hamilton|2011|p=xxv}} The entire [[Book of Leviticus]] constitutes a second body of law, the [[Book of Numbers]] begins with yet another set, and the [[Book of Deuteronomy]] another.{{citation needed|reason=What is the primary source for this?|date=June 2016}}

Moses has traditionally been regarded as the author of the [[Torah]], the first section of the [[Hebrew Bible]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Robinson |first1=George |title=Essential Torah: A Complete Guide to the Five Books of Moses |date=2008 |publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-307-48437-6 |page=97 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X54NS-Lc-OcC&q=%22dictated+to+Moshe+by+God%22%22under+the+inspiration+of+God%22&pg=PA97 |language=en}}</ref>