is the whole body of the Mosaic legislation (
1 Kings 2:3;
2 Kings 23:25;
Ezra 3:2). It is called by way of eminence simply "the Law" (Heb. Torah,
Deut. 1:5; 4:8, 44; 17:18, 19; 27:3, 8). As a written code it is called the "book of the
law of Moses" (
2 Kings 14:6;
Isa. 8:20), the "book of the law of God" (
Josh. 24:26).
The great leading principle of the Mosaic law is that it is essentially theocratic; i.e., it refers at once to the commandment of
God as the foundation of all human duty.