It contains history, law, and great wisdom. In places, especially near its end, it is beautiful—inspired and inspirational. Moses is eloquent. And that is ironic and instructive when we turn back to Moses’ first meeting with God, at the burning bush. There he tries to escape from the assignment to go speak to the Pharaoh by saying, “I’m not a man of words” (Exod 4:10)! Now he has become a man of words. It is interesting, remarkable, ironic, and inspiring to see Moses’ development through all that has happened in forty years into a man of words.
