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The Talmud ( tractate Sabb.

115b ) states that a peculiar section in the Book of Numbers ( 10: 35 — 36, surrounded by inverted Hebrew letter nuns ) in fact forms a separate book.

On this verse a midrash on the book of Mishle ( English Proverbs ) states that " These two verses stem from an independent book which existed, but was suppressed!

" Another ( possibly earlier ) midrash, Ta ' ame Haserot Viyterot, states that this section actually comes from the book of prophecy of Eldad and Medad.

The Talmud says that God dictated four books of the Torah, but that Moses wrote Deuteronomy in his own words ( Talmud Bavli, Meg.

31b ).