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Mosaic Law

noun

Mosaic law

/ məʊˈzeɪɪk /

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

Mosaic law

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.”

First recorded in 1695–1705

Like the Mosaic Law, under the sedulous care of the sacerdotal orders it ripened into a most burdensome ritualism.

There nine and thirty lashes were bestowed on the unfortunate image, the people crying out that this was the Mosaic Law.

The letter of the Mosaic Law was superseded by the spirit of personal devotion to the right.

The entire Talmud may be roughly described as an extended commentary on the Mosaic Law.

In the Mosaic law, the price of a dog, and the hire of a harlot, are put upon the same level.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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