Definitions of Law of Moses
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the laws (beginning with the Ten Commandments) that God gave to the Israelites through Moses; it includes many rules of religious observance given in the first five books of the Old Testament (in Judaism these books are called the Torah)
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synonyms:
Mosaic law
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type of:
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jurisprudence, law
the collection of rules imposed by authority
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jurisprudence, law
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