The law is also called the Torah in the Old Testament. Torah itself comes from the root word yara in Hebrew which means to guide, teach, and command. Initially the law was included in the ten commandments (Exodus 20), the provisions of Israel's worship and the feasts (Leviticus 6: 9; 9:37; Exodus 12; Exodus 24). Then in the next phase the law of the Torah becomes a comprehensive law. This word is used to refer to regulations or orders relating to ceremonial or religious law, moral law, and laws relating to the interests of society in general (civil law). Whereas in the new covenant, the law points to our whole pentateukh.
The giving of the law to the nation of Israel, was inseparable from the covenant that was given to Abraham (Genesis 12: 1-3). This law is an instrument for the fulfillment of promises made by God himself. So that the law is a gift from God and born of the covenant given by God with His people, so that the law must be understood as a covenant binding between God and His people based on His grace.
The nation of Israel was in the covenant, so they had to express that they were in the covenant by carrying out the obligations of the covenant contained in the Torah (living within God's guidelines and behaving in accordance with their position as covenant holders). the).
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