Legislation in the Pentateuch
In the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible, laws and regulations have an important place. They are mainly found in:
Various Sorts of Legal Rules
The laws and precepts are worded in various forms, although this distinction is not watertight:
- casuistic regulations
which often regulate relations between people in society; - apodictic regulations
, most of which are concerned with moral and religious life.
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