The Law of Moses is more correctly the Law of God, which God revealed to Moses. Although this law came from God, it’s sometimes attributed to Moses as he was the one who documented it and communicated it to the Israelites.
The Law of Moses is recorded in the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, forming the basis of belief for the Jewish people.
Jesus, however, came to fulfill this law (Matthew 5:17).
Key verse about Law of Moses: as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses—an altar of uncut stones, on which no iron tool had been used. On it they offered to the Lord burnt offerings and sacrificed fellowship offerings (Joshua 8:31, NIV).
Also see the books of Moses.
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