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

In His discourses He seems to have confirmed it still more expressly than the Law of Moses.

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

For while the Law of Moses imposed numerous and complicated ceremonies and observances, the Law of Christ commands but few and simple rites.

From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome

Ve be sent here to obey de Law of Moses.

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

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