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

Shall I take an oath, on the Law of Moses, that is fastened to the lintel there?

From The Ghetto A Drama in Four Acts by Heijermans, Herman

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 Lord, John

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 Cahan, Abraham

Consider His attitude towards the Law of Moses.

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