ESV Reformation Study Bible – Deut 4:27
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Deut 4:27

4:27 the Lord will scatter you. Such passages have been taken by some as indication that Deuteronomy was not written by Moses, but by someone in the sixth century b.c. during the Jewish exile in Babylon. However, the warning is general, and there is no mention of captivity in Babylon or of conditions in that later period.