What Does “The Law” Mean in the Bible?

The commands God gave his people through Moses. They are in the first five books of the Bible.

A detail

“Teachers of the law”: those who studied it and explained it to the people.

Where it appears in the Bible

Luke 2:22-24; John 1:17

What the Bible says

Luke 2:22-24

²²And after the days of her purification, according to the law of Moses, were accomplished, they carried him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord: ²³As it is written in the law of the Lord: Every male opening the womb shall be called holy to the Lord: ²⁴And to offer a sacrifice, according as it is written in the law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons:

John 1:17

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

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.

Source: Catechism 1961-1963; John 1:17

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