I wonder if Moses’ palm was calloused. With the depth of detail of Genesis through Deuteronomy, Moses’ palm must have been very calloused writing all those volumes of detail.
As boring as Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers are to me as a reader, at the same time, they make me marvel at the very detailed mind of Moses.
And his memory strength? That must have been out of the ordinary. If Moses had lived in this generation, his IQ level would have been tested and I bet the range would definitely be out of the normal range in capacity.
How did he recall all those instructions and pen them down?
When Moses was not leading the people to the promised land or administering, the only thing else he must have been doing was writing.
His hands must have hurt. His elbow joint must have arched. His palm must have been calloused since he did not type on the computer nor did he write with a fine pen. He might have written with reed pens and ink on papyrus scrolls or with a stylus on clay shaped into tablets or just stones chiseled on rocks.
However Moses wrote, it must have taken a toll on his palm and took a sizable portion of his day for only God knows how many years he did that.
Thank God for being raised in the palace of Pharaoh. Where could he have gained the literacy to bless generations with the Torah or Pentateuch?
God bless Jochebed for not giving up on Moses and taking the risk of faith to drop him in the basket at the Nile River. Thank God for Miriam that kept vigilant watch from a safe distance to see what would happen.
Thank God for Pharaoh’s daughter who adopted him and gave him the opportunity to be raised in the grandest palace of the time where he got the unique opportunity to be literate, and thank God for Moses for painstakingly writing the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. It must have taken a lot from him to memorise, recall, and document all that.
Who else could have been better prepared to bless the world with the Pentateuch, but Moses?
I pray for grace to be sensitive to what God is training me for and discipline to execute to the finest detail required.
