Moses Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Lawgiver of Israel=== {{Further|Law of Moses|Mosaic authorship|Deuteronomist|Book of Deuteronomy#Deuteronomic code|613 Mitzvot}} [[File:Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 079.jpg|thumb|''[[Moses Breaking the Tablets of the Law]]'' by [[Rembrandt]], 1659]] Moses is honoured among [[Jews]] today as the "lawgiver of Israel", and he delivers several sets of laws in the course of the four books. The first is the [[Covenant Code]],<ref>{{bibleverse|Exodus|20:19β23:33|HE}}</ref> the terms of the [[Mosaic covenant|covenant]] which God offers to the Israelites at Mount Sinai. Embedded in the covenant are the [[Decalogue]] (the [[Ten Commandments]], Exodus 20:1β17),<ref>{{bibleverse|Exodus|20:1β17|HE}}</ref> and the Book of the Covenant (Exodus 20:22β23:19).<ref>{{bibleverse|Exodus|20:22β23:19|HE}}</ref>{{sfn|Hamilton|2011|p=xxv}} The entire [[Book of Leviticus]] constitutes a second body of law, the [[Book of Numbers]] begins with yet another set, and the [[Book of Deuteronomy]] another.{{citation needed|reason=What is the primary source for this?|date=June 2016}} Moses has traditionally been regarded as [[Mosaic authorship|the author of those four books]] and the [[Book of Genesis]], which together comprise the [[Torah]], the first section of the [[Hebrew Bible]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Robinson |first1=George |title=Essential Torah: A Complete Guide to the Five Books of Moses |date=2008 |publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-307-48437-6 |pages=97 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X54NS-Lc-OcC&q=%22dictated+to+Moshe+by+God%22%22under+the+inspiration+of+God%22&pg=PA97 |language=en}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page