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

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From Quiet Talks on Power by Gordon, S. D. (Samuel Dickey)

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 Erdman, Charles Rosenbury

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

From The Social Principles of Jesus by Rauschenbusch, Walter

Jake, also pale to his lips, his brows contracted, received the paper, and obeying directions, approached the woman who in the eye of the Law of Moses was still his wife.

From Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto by Cahan, Abraham