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

Law of Moses, rabbinical divisions of, 564;   Christ the giver of, 728;   fulfilled, as Christ declared to Nephites, 723, 728.

From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by Talmage, James Edward

Therefore Moses' seat must mean no more than the Law of Moses, and the sitting in it no more than the preaching of the Law of Moses.

From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) by Luther, Martin

"Letter" is the whole Law of Moses, or the Ten Commandments, though the supreme authority of such teaching is not denied.

From Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent by Luther, Martin

That the Law of Moses, even as regarded ceremonial observances, should ever be abolished or done away with, was what the Jews could not or would not believe.

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