The law of Moses, Summary:

(1) The Mosaic Covenant was given to Israel in three parts: the commandments, expressing the righteous will of God Exodus 20:1-26, the “judgments,” governing the social life of Israel Exodus 21:1-24:11, and the “ordinances,” governing the religious life of Israel; Exodus 24:12; 31:18.

(2) The commandments and ordinances were one complete and inseparable whole. When an Israelite sinned, he was held “blameless” if he brought the required offering Luke 1:6; Philippians 3:6.

(3) Law, as a method of the divine dealing with man, characterized the dispensation extending from the giving of the law to the death of Jesus Christ Galatians 3:13,14,23,24.

(4) The attempt of legalistic teachers (e.g.) Acts 15:1-31; Galatians 2:1-5, to mingle law with grace as the divine method for this present dispensation of grace, brought out the true relation of the law to the Christian, viz.

Romans 3:24

Being abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

Exodus 20:1-17

1 And abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God spake all these words, saying,

2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God.

3 Thou shalt have abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God before me.

4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

6 And shewing abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God that taketh his name in vain.

8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God.

9 abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

10 But the abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God it.

12 abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

13 Thou shalt not abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God.

14 Thou shalt not commit abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God.

15 Thou shalt not abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God.

16 Thou shalt not bear abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God against thy neighbour.

17 Thou shalt not abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

Exodus 24:12

And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.

Exodus 31:18

And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God.

Luke 1:6

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God.

Philippians 3:6

Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God which is in the law, blameless.

Galatians 3:13-14, 23-24

13 Christ hath abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God.

23 But before faith came, we were kept under the abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

24 Wherefore the law was our abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Acts 15:23-31

23 And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:

24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God, and abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God: to whom we gave no such commandment:

25 It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God,

26 Men that have abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

27 We have sent therefore abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.

28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God;

29 That ye abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God from meats offered to idols, and from abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God, and from things strangled, and from abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

30 So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God:

31 Which when they had read, they abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God for the consolation.

Galatians 2:1-5

1 Then abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.

2 And I went up by abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.

3 But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God:

4 And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

5 To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the abstainadulteryBarnabas and Paulblamelessbloodcircumcisedcovetepistlefalse witnessfornicationfourteenGentilesGodgraven imageguiltlesshallowedhazardedholyHonourhouse of bondagejealous GodJudas and Silasjustifiedkeep the lawkilllawlibertymercynecessary thingsno other godsredeemedrejoicedrevelationrighteousnessschoolmasterseventh daySix daysstealtables of stonethrough faithtruthwritten with the finger of God of the gospel might continue with you.