Law of Moses

thumb|Moses with the Ten Commandments (Philippe de Champaigne, 1648) The Law of Moses (תֹּורַת מֹשֶׁה, Torat Moshe), also called the Mosaic Law, is the law said to have been revealed to Moses by God. The term primarily refers to the Torah or the first five books of the Hebrew Bible. Quotes about Moses finished speaking all these words to all Israel, and he said to them: “Set your hearts on all the words which I testify among you today, which you shall command your children to be careful to observe—all the words of this law. For it is not a futile thing for you, because it is your life, and by this word you shall prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess". Book of Deuteronomy 32:45-47 NKJV. All this is the book of the covenant of the Most High God, the law that Moses enjoined on us as an inheritance for the assemblies of Jacob. Do not cease to be strong in the Lord, and cling to him that he may strengthen you. The Lord Almighty alone is God, and there is no savior apart from him. It overflows, like the Pishon, with wisdom, like the Tigris at the time of the firstfruits. It runs over, like the Euphrates, with understanding, like the Jordan at the time of the harvest. It pours forth instruction like the Nile, like the Gihon at the time of vintage. Book of Sirach 24:23-27 NCB. “Surely I have taught you statutes and judgments, just as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should act according to them in the land which you go to possess. Therefore be careful to observe them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes, and say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’ “For what great nation is there that has God so near to it, as the Lord our God is to us, for whatever reason we may call upon Him? And what great nation is there that has such statutes and righteous judgments as are in all this law which I set before you this day? Deuteronomy 4:5-8 NKJV. Paul of Tarsus But we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully, knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine, 11 according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust. 1 Timothy 1:8-11 NKJV. The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. 1 Corinthians 15:56 NKJV. Indeed you are called a Jew, and rest on the law, and make your boast in God, 18 and know His will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law, and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and truth in the law. You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal? You who say, “Do not commit adultery,” do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? You who make your boast in the law, do you dishonor God through breaking the law? Romans 2:17-23 NKJV. But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed. Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:23-26 NKJV. See also Divine law Tablets of Stone Ten Commandments External links Category:Bible