Author: Moses (
Matt. 8:4, referring to
Lev. 14:10-32;
Rom. 10:5, quoting
Lev. 18:5), the author of the five books of the Law
(
Deut. 31:9,
24;
Luke 24:27,
44;
John 1:45;
5:46;
Acts 28:23;
2 Cor. 3:15).
Time of Writing: Approximately 1490 B.C. (cf.
1 Kings 6:1), in the second year after the exodus, after the tabernacle was erected (
1:1).
Place of Writing: In the wilderness, near Mt. Sinai (
1:1;
Exo. 19:2).
Time Period Covered: One month, from the erection of the tabernacle on the first day of the first month in the second year after the exodus from Egypt (
Exo. 40:17) to the first day of the second month of the same year (
Num. 1:1), 1490 B.C.
