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72 "THIS MEANS EVERLASTING LIFE"
the charge to the right or to the left, in order
that he with his descendants may continue long
on the throne in Israel ."-Deut . 17 :14-20, AAT.
s That instruction was given especially for the
benefit of the permanent heir of God's Kingdom
covenant, Jesus Christ . He, above all, must
be a student of God's written Word, the Bible .
Did he have the books of the Bible in his day?
Yes, the majority of them, thirty-nine of the
present-day sixty-six inspired books . The Bible
he had was entirely a Jewish or Hebrew book,
written in Hebrew and the related language of
Aramaic, and it had been collected by devoted
Hebrews . The writing of the book of Moses in its
five sections now known as Genesis, Exodus,
Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy, began at
God's command in the year he delivered the Hebrews
from Egypt. That was in 1513 B .C ., or at
least 760 years before the traditional date
753 B.C. of the founding of the city of Rome .
Exodus 17 :14 Before ever Rome began expanding
its power in the third century B.C . to
become something of a pagan universal empire,
all the books of the inspired Hebrew Scriptures
had been written, completing their canon . Also
the translation of these Hebrew Scriptures in
Greek to form the Greek Septuagint Version was
begun 280 B.C . . The last books of the Hebrew
Scriptures, namely, Chronicles and the prophecy
of Malachi, were written about the fifth century
B.C. The canon of the entire Bible was completed
3 . Why must Jesus study the Bible? Did he have it in
his day?