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

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

From The Social Principles of Jesus by Rauschenbusch, Walter

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

Paul preaching at Antioch taught the brethren that by Jesus Christ all who believe in him "are justified from all things from which ye could not be justified by the Law of Moses."

From The Seventh Day Sabbath, a Perpetual Sign 1847 edition by Bates, Joseph

The Law of Moses abolishes superstition by no mere negation, but by the proclamation of a true God.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus by Chadwick, G. A.