Law of Moses
Americannoun
noun
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the body of laws contained in the first five books of the Old Testament; Pentateuch
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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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"The Law of Moses may have been abrogated," glooms Yale Historian Pelikan, "but not Parkinson's."
From Time Magazine Archive
On the 18th he desired another audience, and again confessed that he believed in the Law of Moses.
From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Juan Antonio Llorente
They clung to the Law of Moses in its most minute observances, and to all the traditions of their religion.
From Ancient States and Empires by John Lord
Of the chaste Susanna it was said that, her parents being righteous, they taught their daughter according to the Law of Moses.
From Women of Early Christianity by Alfred Brittain
Jake, also pale to his lips, his brows contracted, received the paper, and obeying directions, approached the woman who in the eye of the Law of Moses was still his wife.
From Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto by Abraham Cahan
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