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

Consider His attitude towards the Law of Moses.

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

For it is written in the Law of Moses, 'Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn.'

From Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford by John William Burgon

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 Edward Burbidge

They hoped that Jesus would either deny the orthodox belief as to the resurrection or would make some statement which would contradict the Law of Moses in accordance with which the successive marriages were made.

From The Gospel of Luke, An Exposition by Charles Rosenbury Erdman