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

Studies in the Law of Moses and the Law of Christ.12mo, cloth, 50 cents net.Discipleship.

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

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 Burgon, John William

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

Paul preaching at Antioch taught the brethren that by Jesus Christ all who believe in him "are justified from all things from which ye could not be justified by the Law of Moses."

From The Seventh Day Sabbath, a Perpetual Sign 1847 edition by Bates, Joseph