Law of Moses

American  

noun

1. the Pentateuch, containing the Mosaic dispensations, or system of rules and ordinances, and forming the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.

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Law of Moses British  

noun

1. the body of laws contained in the first five books of the Old Testament; Pentateuch

2. Judaism a law or body of laws derived from the Torah in accordance with interpretations (the Oral Law) traditionally believed to have been given to Moses on Mount Sinai together with the Written Law

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Example Sentences

"The Law of Moses may have been abrogated," glooms Yale Historian Pelikan, "but not Parkinson's."

From Time Magazine Archive

I will show you Manasseh Bueno Barzillai Azevedo da Costa is a man whose word is the Law of Moses; true as the Talmud.

From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel

"The Law of Moses says nothing on the point!"

From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel

Consider His attitude towards the Law of Moses.

From Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History by Sabatier, Auguste

And the question would arise, What forms of worship were to be observed by His subjects in place of those ordained by the Law of Moses?

From The Kingdom of Heaven; What is it? by Burbidge, Edward