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

Ultimately, however, they became even more rigidly attached to the Law of Moses than the Jews themselves.

From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by Talmage, James Edward

Consider His attitude towards the Law of Moses.

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

It began by the silent and solemn lighting of a quantity of black wax candles and by opening the tabernacle wherein were deposited the books of the Law of Moses.

From The International Jew The World's Foremost Problem by Ford, Henry

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