Easton's Bible Dictionary: M. G. Easton, M.A., D.D.

Law of Moses

Is the whole body of the Mosaic legislation (1 Ki. 2:3; 2 Ki. 23:25; Ezra 3:2). It is called by way of eminence simply "the Law" (Heb.Torah, Dt. 1:5, 4:8, 44, 17:18, 19, 27:3, 8). As a written code it is called the "book of the law of Moses" (2 Ki. 14:6; Isa. 8:20), the "book of the law of God" (Josh. 24:26).

The great leading principle of the Mosaic law is that it is essentially theocratic; i.e., it refers at once to the commandment of God as the foundation of all human duty.



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