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Tradition says that the Torah, or Pentateuch, was written by Moses during the forty years wandering the wilderness, although nowhere does the Pentateuch actually say that it was written by Moses.

Scholars say that the Torah was actually written centuries later, by a number of separate sources and that its final redaction took place shortly after 500 BCE, almost a thousand years after the time of Moses. This is perhaps a less romantic explanation than one that attributes the Torah to Moses, but it is the explanation that fits the facts.

Answerthe Torah was delivered 50 days after the exit of egypte
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