Mosaic Law

American  

noun

1. the ancient law of the Hebrews, ascribed to Moses.

2. the part of the Scripture containing this law; the Pentateuch.

---

Mosaic law British  

/ məʊˈzeɪɪk /

noun

1. Old Testament the laws of the Hebrews ascribed to Moses and contained in the Pentateuch

---

Mosaic law Cultural  

1. The law that, according to the Old Testament, God gave to the Israelites through Moses. The Mosaic law begins with the Ten Commandments and includes the many rules of religious observance given in the first five books of the Old Testament. In Judaism, these books are called the Torah, or “the Law.”

---

Etymology

Origin of Mosaic Law

First recorded in 1695–1705

Example Sentences

The Pharisees ask Jesus whether the woman should be released or killed, hoping to force him to choose between honoring Mosaic Law and his teachings of forgiveness.

From Newsweek

He wore his beard long, because it is somewhere said in the Mosaic Law, "Thou shalt not mar the corners of thy beard."

From The Printer Boy. Or How Benjamin Franklin Made His Mark. An Example for Youth. by Thayer, William M. (William Makepeace)

Paul they abhorred; and they strove with all their might to combine the full observance of the Mosaic Law, as they understood it, with the principles of the “new covenant,” again as they understood it.

From The Covenanters of Damascus; A Hitherto Unknown Jewish Sect by Moore, George Foot

Nevertheless the sacraments of the Mosaic Law are more like the thing signified by the sacrament, i.e. the Passion of Christ: as clearly appears in the Paschal Lamb and such like.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

However this may be, even the technical words of the Mosaic Law recur in the ritual texts of early Babylonia.

From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)