Key Terms
The Hebrew word meaning "instruction" or "law".
What is Torah?
Laws calling Israel to reflect God’s distinct character.
What are holiness laws?
The Torah includes the first ___ books of the Bible.
What is five?
Justice laws show God’s concern for these people.
Who are the vulnerable?
Jesus said He came not to abolish the law but to do this.
What is fulfill?
The Hebrew tern referring to the Hebrew Bible.
What is the Tanakh?
Laws that provide instructions for sacrifices and purity practices.
What are ritual laws?
God gave the Law to Israel after rescuing them from _____.
What is Egypt?
Cleanliness laws often involve avoiding contact with this.
What is death?
Jesus declared all of these clean in the New Testament.
What are foods?
A Greek word meaning "five books", referring to the first 5 books of the Bible.
What is the Pentatuch?
Laws establishing rhythms like Sabbath and festivals.
What are sacred time laws?
Old Testament laws were given in a specific ____, to a specific _____, and specific _____.
What is time, people, place?
The Sabbath was made for this, not the other way around.
What is man?
Christians no longer follow temple sacrifice laws because Jesus became this.
What is the final sacrifice?
A ritual act that cleanses sin and restores relationship with God.
What is atonement?
Laws protecting the vulnerable and promoting fairness.
What are justice laws?
Holiness laws were meant to make Israel ______ from other nations.
What is distinct or set apart?
Understanding this helps Old Testament laws make sense.
What is the story of Israel?
Jesus also described Himself as this place where God’s presence meets people.
What is the temple?
Leaving extra grain in the fields so the poor and foreigners can gather it.
What is gleaning?
A state of impurity caused by contact with death or bodily fluids.
What is uncleanness?
The command not to boil a goat in its mother’s milk rejected this _______ religious practice.
What is Canaanite?
Without understanding Israel’s story, the laws may seem this.
What is random or irrelevant?
When reading Old Testament law today, Christians should ask this question.
What is “What does this law reveal about God’s character or His story?”