Moses (Matt. 8:4, referring to Lev. 14:10-32; Rom. 10:5, quoting Lev. 18:5), the author of the five books of the Law (Deut. 31:9, 24; Luke 24:27, 44; John 1:45; 5:46; Acts 28:23; 2 Cor. 3:15).

Approximately 1490 B.C. (cf. 1 Kings 6:1), in the second year after the exodus, after the tabernacle was erected (1:1).

In the wilderness, near Mt. Sinai (1:1; Exo. 19:2).

One month, from the erection of the tabernacle on the first day of the first month in the second year after the exodus from Egypt (Exo. 40:17) to the first day of the second month of the same year (Num. 1:1), 1490 B.C.