Deuteronomy 33:4

33:4 Moses delivered to us a law, ¹ 

an inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.

Malachi 4:4

Restoration through the Lord

4:4 “Remember the law of my servant Moses, to whom at Horeb ²  I gave rules and regulations for all Israel to obey. ³ 

John 1:17

1:17 For the law was given through Moses, but ⁴  grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ.

John 7:19

7:19 Hasn’t Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps ⁵  the law! Why do you want ⁶  to kill me?”

¹ tn The Hebrew term תּוֹרָה (torah) here should be understood more broadly as instruction.

² sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai (cf. Exod 3:1).

³ tn Heb “which I commanded him in Horeb concerning all Israel, statutes and ordinances.”

⁴ tn “But” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the implied contrast between the Mosaic law and grace through Jesus Christ. John 1:17 seems to indicate clearly that the Old Covenant (Sinai) was being contrasted with the New. In Jewish sources the Law was regarded as a gift from God (Josephus, Ant. 3.8.10 [3.223]; Pirqe Avot 1.1; Sifre Deut 31:4 §305). Further information can be found in T. F. Glasson, Moses in the Fourth Gospel (SBT).

⁵ tn Or “accomplishes”; Grk “does.”

⁶ tn Grk “seek.”