Bible Verses About The Mosaic Law

And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:

Direct Bible summary statement about Moses setting the law before Israel

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.

Direct Bible statement that Moses wrote and delivered the law

These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.

Direct covenant framing with Moses and Horeb

And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.

Direct command to hear and keep Moses' statutes

For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

Short and direct contrast between Moses and Christ

Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Core tutor verse

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

Core end-of-law verse

But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

Direct passage about command to keep the law of Moses

Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

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.

Background on God giving tablets and law to Moses

And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.

Background teaching about ordinances and laws

For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.

General command to keep God's commandments

A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day:

Obedience leads to blessing background verse

The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

Short covenant summary at Horeb

Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

Covenant comparison relevant to training theme

Now 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:

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,

Background sacrificial covenant text used in argumentation

Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.

Background verse on righteousness and law

For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

Law-curse background

And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

Shows justification not found through Mosaic law

But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

Support for temporary guarding role