John Gill Commentary Deuteronomy 31:22

"So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel." — Deuteronomy 31:22 (ASV)

Moses therefore wrote this song the same day
The same day it was dictated to him by divine inspiration; he wrote it, as Josephus says ^F4 , in hexameter verse, which he left in the holy Bible or book (the Pentateuch), containing (as he adds) a prophecy of things future, according to which all things have been done, and are done; and in nothing of it has he erred from the truth.''

This is a very just account of it, and worthy of observation:

and taught it the children of Israel ;
instructed them in the meaning of it, directed them to repeat it frequently, to lay it up in their memories, and often meditate upon it; as being a divine composition, and of great importance, as the consideration of it will make appear.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F4: Antiqu. l. 4. c. 8. sect. 44.