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

The Word is described as a being: the first born of God; the active agent in creation; having its dwelling-place in Israel, its seat in the Law of Moses.

From The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks

Ve be sent here to obey de Law of Moses.

From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel

Civil law does not extort them by threats and punishment, but commends and rewards them, as does the Law of Moses.

From Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost by Lenker, John Nicholas

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