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

Ve be sent here to obey de Law of Moses.

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

The Law of Moses forbade murder; a man-slayer was amenable in the ordinary court.

From The Social Principles of Jesus by Rauschenbusch, Walter

The two sects of Sadducees and Pharisees, though in other matters opposed to each other, equally set at naught the holiness of heart and life commanded by the Law of Moses.

From "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) by Ross, Lady Mary

So far the Law of Moses and the Gospel.

From Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church by Ruskin, John