Moses is perhaps the greatest character in the literature of the Old Testament. David and Samuel are perhaps all we would consent to name in his company, and of these two David is the only one that holds a rival place.
Moses is not the father of the race, but he is the maker of the people. His was the vision that brought a new conception of God and led to a new land. Through him came the revelation of a new ideal, a stronger faith in this ideal, and a new covenant effective in a complex and changing social world.
It is no wonder, then, that he was considered the great lawgiver, the originator and formulator of a practical way of life that developed in his people physical health, material prosperity, moral righteousness, and religious faith. He stood as intermediary between his people and God, and brought the laws of heaven into the ways and thought of men.
