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Source: archive.org: Easton's Bible Dictionary

Law definition and references: A rule of action. (1.) The Law of Nature is the will of God as to human conduct, founded on the moral difference of things, and discoverable by natural light (Romans 1:20; 2:14, 15). This law binds all men at all times. It is generally designated by the term conscience, or the capacity of being influenced by the moral relations of things.

(2.) The Ceremonial Law prescribes under the Old Testament the rites and ceremonies of worship. This law was obligatory only till Christ, of whom these rites were typical, had finished his work (Hebrews 7:9, 11; 10:1; Ephesians 2:16). It was fulfilled rather than abrogated by the gospel.

(3.) The Judicial Law, the law which directed the civil policy of the Hebrew nation.

(4.) The Moral Law is the revealed will of God as to human conduct, binding on all men to the end of time. It was promulgated at Sinai. It is perfect (Psalms 19:7), perpetual (Matthew 5:17, 18), holy (Romans 7:12), good, spiritual (14), and exceeding broad (Psalms 119:96). Although binding on all, we are not under it as a covenant of works (Galatians 3:17). (See Commandments.)

(5.) Positive Laws are precepts founded only on the will of God. They are right because God commands them.

(6.) Moral positive laws are commanded by God because they are right.

Source: archive.org: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Law refers to:—The word is properly used, in Scripture as elsewhere, to express a definite commandment laid down by any recognized authority; but when the word is used with the article, and without any words of limitation, it refers to the expressed will to God, and in nine cases out of ten to the Mosaic law, or to the Pentateuch of which it forms the chief portion. The Hebrew word torah (law) lays more stress on its moral authority, as teaching the truth and guiding in the right way; the Greek nomos (law), on its constraining power as imposed and enforced by a recognized authority. The sense of the word, however, extends its scope and assumes a more abstracts character in the writings of St. Paul. Nomos, when used by him with the article, still refers in general to the law of Moses; but when used without the article, so as to embrace any manifestation of “law,” it includes all powers which act on the will of man by compulsion, or by the pressure of external motives, whether their commands be or be not expressed in definite forms. The occasional use of the word “law” (as in (Romans 3:27) “law of faith”) to denote an internal principle of action does not really mitigate against the general rule. It should also be noticed that the title “the Law” is occasionally used loosely to refer to the whole of the Old Testament, as in (John 10:34) referring to (Psalms 82:6) in (John 15:25) referring to (Psalms 35:19) and in (1 Corinthians 14:21) referring to (Isaiah 28:11,12)

Source: archive.org: Nave's Topical Bible

Law definition and references: –General scriptures concerning Psalms 19:7-9; 119:1-8; Proverbs 28:4,5; Matthew 22:21; Luke 16:17; 20:22-25; Romans 2:14,15; 7:7,12,14; 13:10; Timothy 1:5,8-10; James 1:25; 1 John 3:4; 5:3
–See Litigation
–See Commandments
–See Duty To God
–Of Moses
–(Contained in the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy)
–Given at Sinai Exodus 19; Deuteronomy 1:1; 4:10-13; 33:2; Habakkuk 3:3
–Received by the disposition of angels Deuteronomy 33:2; Psalms 68:17; Acts 7:53; Galatians 3:19; Hebrews 2:2
–Was given because of transgressions until the Messiah arrived Galatians 3:19
–Engraved on stone Exodus 20:3-17; with 24:12; 31:18; 32:16; 34:29; 40:20; Deuteronomy 4:13; 5:4-22; 9:10
–See Tables
–See Commandments
–Preserved in the ark of the covenant Exodus 25:16; Deuteronomy 31:9,26
–Found by Hilkiah in the house of the Lord 2 Kings 22:8
–Engraved upon monuments Deuteronomy 27:2-8; Joshua 8:30-35
–To be written
–On door posts Deuteronomy 6:9; 11:20
–On frontlets for the forehead, and parchment for the hand Exodus 13:9,16; Deuteronomy 6:4-9; 11:18-21
–Children instructed in
–See Children
–See Instruction
–Expounded by
–The priests and Levites Leviticus 10:11; Deuteronomy 33:10; 2 Chronicles 35:3
–Princes, priests, and Levites publicly taught Ezra 7:10; Nehemiah 8:1-18
–From city to city 2 Chronicles 17:7-10
–In synagogues Luke 4:16,32; Acts 13:14-52; 15:21; with 9:20; 14:1; 17:1-3; 18:4,26
–Expounded to the assembled nation at the Feast of Tabernacles in the sabbatic year Deuteronomy 31:10-13
–Renewed by Moses Deuteronomy 4:44-46
–Curses of, responsively read by Levites and people at Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim Deuteronomy 27:12-26; Joshua 8:33-35
–Formed a constitution on which the civil government of the Israelites was founded, and according to which rulers were required to rule Deuteronomy 17:18-20; 2 Kings 11:12; 2 Chronicles 23:11
–See Government, Constitutional
–Divine authority for Exodus 19:16-24; 20:1-17; 24:12-18; 31:18; 32:15,16; 34:1-4,27,28; Leviticus 26:46; Deuteronomy 4:10-13,36; 5:1-22; 9:10; 10:1-5; 33:2-4; 1 Kings 8:9; Ezra 7:6; Nehemiah 1:7; 8:1; 9:14; Psalms 78:5; 103:7; Isaiah 33:22; Malachi 4:4; Acts 7:38,53; Galatians 3:19; Hebrews 9:18-21
–Prophecies in, of the Messiah Luke 24:44; John 1:45; 5:46; 12:34; Acts 26:22,23; 28:23; Romans 3:21,22
–See Jesus, Prophecies Concerning
–Epitomized by Jesus Matthew 22:40; Mark 12:29-33; Luke 10:27
–Book of, found by Hilkiah in the temple 2 Kings 22:8; 2 Chronicles 34:14
–Temporary Jeremiah 3:16; Daniel 9:27; Matthew 5:17-45; Luke 16:16,17; John 1:17; 4:20-24; 8:35; Acts 6:14; 10:28; 13:39; 15:1-29; 21:20-25; Romans 3:1,2; 7:1-6; 8:3; 10:4; 2 Corinthians 3:7-14; Galatians 2:3-9; 4:30,31; Ephesians 2:15; Colossians 2:14-23; Hebrews 8:4-13; 9:8-24; 10:1-18; 11:40; 12:18,19,27

Source: archive.org: Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Law refers to:—The whole history of the Jews is a riddle if Moses' narrative is not authentic. If it is authentic, he was inspired to give the law, because he asserts God's immediate commission. Its recognized inspiration alone can account for the Israelites' acquiescence in a burdensome ritual, and for their intense attachment to the Scriptures which condemn them as a stiffnecked people. A small, isolated people, no way distinguished for science or art, possessed the most spiritual religion the world has ever seen: this cannot have been of themselves, it must be of God. No Israelite writer hints at the possibility of fraud. The consentient belief of the rival kingdoms northern Israel and Judah, the agreement in all essential parts between the Samaritan Pentateuch and the Pentateuch of the Jews who excommunicated the Samaritans as schismatics, accords with the divine origination of the Mosaic law. Even Israel's frequent apostasies magnify the divine power and wisdom which by such seemingly inadequate instruments effected His purpose of preserving true religion and morality, when all the philosophic and celebrated nations sank deeper and deeper into idolatry and profligacy.

Had Egypt with its learning and wisdom, Greece with its philosophy and refinement, or Rome with its political sagacity, been the medium of revelation, its origination would be attributed to man's intellect. As it is, the Mosaic law derived little of its influence from men of mere human genius, and it was actually opposed to the sensual and idolatrous inclinations of the mass of the people. Nothing short of its origin being divine, and its continuance effected by divine interposition, can account for the fact that it was only in their prosperity the law was neglected; when adversity awakened them to reflection they always cried unto God and returned to His law, and invariably found deliverance (Graves, Pent. ii. 3, section 2). Unlike the surrounding nations, the Jews have their history almost solely in the written word.

No museum possesses sculptured figures of Jewish antiquities such as are brought from Egypt, Nineveh, Babylon, Persepolis, Greece, and Rome. The basis of Israel's polity was the Decalogue, the compendium of the moral law which therefore was proclaimed first, then the other religions and civil ordinances. The end of Israel's call by the holy God was that they should be "a holy nation" (Leviticus 19:2), a meadiatorial kingdom between God and the nations, witnessing for Him to them (Isaiah 43:10-12), and between them and Him, performing those sacrificial ordinances through the divinely constituted Aaronic priests, which were to prefigure the one coming Sacrifice, through whom all the Gentile nations were to be blessed.

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