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Law of Moses, The

 

Law of Moses, The

Is the law of God - Le 26:46

GIVEN

• In the desert
- Eze 20:10,11
• At Horeb
- De 4:10,15; 5:2
• From the Mount Sinai
- Ex 19:11,20
• By disposition of angels
- Ac 7:53
• Through Moses as mediator
- De 5:5,27,28; Joh 1:17; Ga 3:19
• To the Jews
- Le 26:46; Ps 78:5
• After the exodus
- De 4:45; Ps 81:4,5
• To no other nation
- De 4:8; Ps 147:20

None to approach the Mount while God gave - Ex 19:13,21-24; Heb 12:20

Remarkable phenomena connected with, at giving of - Ex 19:16-19

Terror of Israel at receiving - Ex 19:16; 20:18-20; De 5:5,23-25

Additions made to, in the plains of Moab by Jordan - Nu 36:13

CALLED

• A fiery law
- De 33:2
• Word spoken by angels
- Heb 2:2
• Ministration of death
- 2Co 3:7
• Ministration of condemnation
- 2Co 3:9
• Lively oracles
- Ac 7:38
• Royal law
- Jas 2:8
• Book of the law
- De 30:10; Jos 1:8
• Book of Moses
- 2Ch 25:4; 35:12

Rehearsed by Moses - De 1:1-3

Entire of, written in a book - De 31:9

Book of, laid up in the sanctuary - De 31:26

Tables of, laid up in the ark - De 10:5

DIVIDED INTO

• Moral, embodied in the ten commandments
- De 5:22; 10:4
• Ceremonial, relating to manner of worshipping God
- Le 7:37,38; Heb 9:1-7
• Civil, relating to administration of justice
- De 17:9-11; Ac 23:3; 24:6
• A covenant of works to the Jews as a nation
- De 28:1,15; Jer 31:32

TAUGHT THE JEWS

• To love and fear God
- De 6:5; 10:12,13; Mt 22:36,38
• To love their neighbour
- Le 19:18; Mt 22:39
• Strict justice and impartiality
- Le 19:35,36
• All punishments awarded according to
- Joh 8:5; 19:7; Heb 10:28

ALL ISRAELITES REQUIRED

• To know
- Ex 18:16
• To observe
- De 4:6; 6:2
• To lay up, in their hearts
- De 6:6; 11:18
• To remember
- Mal 4:4
• To teach their children
- De 6:7; 11:19

Kings to write and study - De 17:18,19

Good kings enforced - 2Ki 23:24,25; 2Ch 31:21

Priests and Levites to teach - De 33:8-10; Ne 8:7; Mal 2:7

The scribes were learned in, and expounded - Ezr 7:6; Mt 23:2

Public instruction given to youth in - Lu 2:46; Ac 22:3

PUBLICLY READ

• At the feast of tabernacles in the sabbatical year
- De 31:10-13
• By Joshua
- Jos 8:34,35
• By Ezra
- Ne 8:2,3
• In the synagogues every Sabbath day
- Ac 13:15; 15:21

A means of national reformation - 2Ch 34:19-21; Ne 8:13-18

A shadow of good things to come - Heb 10:1

Could not give righteous and life - Ga 3:21; Ro 8:3,4; Heb 10:1

A schoolmaster to lead to Christ - Ga 3:24

CHRIST

• Made under
- Ga 4:4
• Circumcised according to
- Lu 2:21; Ro 15:8
• Came not to destroy but to fulfil
- Mt 5:17,18
• Attended all feasts of
- Joh 2:23; 7:2,10,37
• Fulfilled all precepts of
- Ps 40:7,8
• Fulfilled all types and shadows of
- Heb 9:8,11-14; 10:1,11-14
• Magnified and made honourable
- Isa 42:21
• Bore the curse of
- De 21:23; Ga 3:13
• Abrogated, as a covenant of works
- Ro 7:4

Was not the manifestation of the grace of God - Joh 1:17; Ro 8:3,4

Could not disannul the covenant of grace made in Christ - Ga 3:17

Jewish converts would have all Christians observe - Ac 15:1

THE JEWS

• Jealous for
- Joh 9:28,29; Ac 21:20
• Held those ignorant of, accursed
- Joh 7:49
• From regard to, rejected Christ
- Ro 9:31-33
• Accused Christ of breaking
- Joh 19:7
• Accused Christians of speaking
- Ac 6:11-14; 21:28
• Broke it themselves
- Joh 7:19
• Dishonoured God by breaking
- Ro 2:23
• Shall be judged by
- Joh 5:45; Ro 2:12

Was a burdensome yoke - Ac 15:10

Darkness, &c at giving of, illustrative of obscurity of Mosaic age - Heb 12:18-24

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