Law of Moses
noun
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.
- Compare Hagiographa, Prophets.
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Law of Moses
noun
the body of laws contained in the first five books of the Old Testament; Pentateuch
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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