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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Law of Moses

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Eunice then married the father of Timothy, by birth a Greek, but then a proselyte of the gate, worshipping the God of Israel, but not observing the Law of Moses.

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

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 Brittain, Alfred

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

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