13.  “By lot was their inheritance, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.” (Joshua xiv. 2.)

14.  “Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses.”  (Joshua xx. 2.)

15.  “The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.” (Joshua xxi. 2.)

16.  “And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.” (Joshua xxi. 8.)

17.  “And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, ... according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.” (Joshua xxii. 9.)

18.  “And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.” (Judges iii. 4.)

19.  “Thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses, thy servant.” (1 Kings viii. 53.)

20.  “There hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.” (1 Kings viii. 56.)

21.  “So that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.” (2 Chron. xxxiii. 8.)

22.  “To kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.” (2 Chron. xxxv. 6.)

23.  “Thou ... madest known unto them thy holy Sabbath, and commandedst unto them precepts, statutes and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant.” (Neh. ix. 14.)

24.  “Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.” (Psa. lxxvii. 20.)

Paul was familiar with these statements of the Jewish Scriptures.  He believed them. (2 Cor. iv. 13.) He believed that God gave “the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses” (2 Chron. xxxiii. 8), who was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds. (Acts vii. 22.) Hence he called the Scriptures “The Law of Moses.”

Some of the critics will concede that many things were done by Moses, but not recorded until after the exile.  Think of it!  The laws, statutes, and ordinances which were vital to the life of the Jewish nation, which had been given at Sinai, and were announced with the sanctions of life or death, were not recorded by God’s appointed leader, whom he had trained in all the learning of the times, but were left for almost a thousand years to uncertain tradition!

Paul had not forgotten the above statements concerning Moses’ personal connection with the giving of the law.  Before Felix he was arraigned, and testified “what the prophets and Moses did say.” (Acts xxvi. 22.)