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By the time the scriptures were being written, in the first millennium BCE, there was no doubt an oral tradition that Moses received the Ten Commandments from God and passed them to the people. Whether or not this oral tradition was based on fact is a matter of faith.

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Q: Why did the Jewish scripture say that God's laws were delivered to the ancient Hebrews by Moses?
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Who does Jewish scripture say delivered God's laws to the ancient Hebrews?

Moses, who was called Moshe (משה) in Hebrew.


Jewish scripture says that God's laws were delivered to the ancient Hebrews by?

God to Moses to the Hebrews at Mt. Sinai. Twice, as the first set were destroyed by Moses after he saw the people doing bad things at the base of Mt. Sinai.


Who delivered God's laws in the Jewish scripture?

Mosses.


Who was God's laws delivered by in ancient Israel?

Jewish tradition and scripture hold that the law was delivered by Moses (משה) to the Children of Israel (בני ישראל).


How long did the Hebrews stay in Africa?

Jewish tradition states that the Ancient Hebrews were slaves in Egypt for 400 years.


What modern continent are ancient hebrews located on?

Today they are located on every modern continent in the world, including Jewish scientists in Antarctica. In ancient Times, Hebrews were only located in Asia.


Is septuagint is part of Jewish scripture?

No. The Septuagint is an ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible.


Were the moral laws of ancient Hebrews the ten commandments?

The Ten Commandments were only 10 of the moral laws of the Hebrews. Jewish tradition holds that there are 613 commandments in total.


Who united the Hebrew kingdom in 1000 BC?

According to Jewish tradition and scripture, the first Hebrews were a small household, founded by Abraham. There is no other source of information about the origin of the Hebrews, other than the Torah.


What does Jewish scripture say about how God's laws were delivered to the ancient Hebrews?

Jewish scripture says that Moses received the Torah from God (Exodus 24:12) and transmitted it to the Israelites (Deuteronomy 31:24). The other prophetic books in the Tanakh (Jewish scripture) were, according to Jewish tradition (Talmud, Bava Batra 14b), written by the Divinely-inspired prophets whose names they bear: Joshua, Samuel, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, etc. Judges and Ruth are credited to Samuel, Kings and Lamentations were written by Jeremiah, Psalms was set in writing by King David; Chronicles was written by Ezra; Proverbs, Song of Songs and Kohellet (Ecclesiastes) were written by King Solomon; and Esther was written by Mordecai and Esther. Concerning Job, the Talmud states more than one opinion as to when it was written.


Is Jewish scripture known as septuagint?

No, they're two different things. The Septuagint is an ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible.


What revelations the holy books of the three religions provide and how they relate to one?

The Old Testament from the Holy Bible relates specifically to Jewish scripture, and many of the things in the New Testament were prophesied about in Jewish scripture. Muslim scripture does not relate to either Jewish or Christian scripture because Jewish and Christian scripture are from God.