Law of Moses

The Law of Moses is the body of commandments God gave Israel through Moses at Sinai, recorded in Exodus through Deuteronomy, including the Ten Commandments and laws for worship, sacrifice, and daily life.

Given through Moses

• Exodus 24:12
  And the Lord said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”
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• Deuteronomy 4:44
  And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:This is the law that Moses set before the Israelites.
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• Deuteronomy 31:9
  And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and unto all the elders of Israel.So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.
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• John 1:17
  For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
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Keeping the law

• Deuteronomy 6:1-2
  ¹Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess, ²That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged.
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• Deuteronomy 30:15-16
  ¹⁵See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;See, I have set before you today life and goodness, as well as death and disaster. ¹⁶In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.
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• Joshua 1:7-8
  ⁷Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go. ⁸This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.
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Delight in the law

• Psalm 1:2
  But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.
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• Psalm 19:7
  The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.
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• Psalm 119:97
  O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.
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• Romans 7:12
  Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
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The greatest commandments

• Deuteronomy 6:5
  And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
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• Leviticus 19:18
  Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
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• Matthew 22:36-40
  ³⁶Master, which is the great commandment in the law?“Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?” ³⁷Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ ³⁸This is the first and great commandment.This is the first and greatest commandment. ³⁹And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ⁴⁰On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
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Christ and the law

• Matthew 5:17-18
  ¹⁷Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them. ¹⁸For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
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• Luke 24:44
  And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”
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• Romans 10:4
  For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.
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The law and faith

• Romans 3:20
  Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
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• Galatians 2:16
  Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
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• Galatians 3:24-25
  ²⁴Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. ²⁵But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.
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See also

• Ten Commandments
• Covenant
• Sacrifice
• Priesthood
• Justification

Notes

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