LAW COVENANT
(See also Covenants)
abolished: w80 7/15 18; w80 10/1 21; w78 4/1 29; w78 5/15 23-24; w76 178-179; po 159; g74 1/8 28; g72 11/22 5-8; w71 745; ad 388, 1380, 1567, 1609, 1643; w67 47, 206; im 280, 294-295; w64 198-199, 364; g64 2/22 6-7; g64 11/22 28; w61 678-680; w58 494; w55 657-658; qm55 350; nh 176; w52 38; lg 182-191; rm 137-138, 263; el 108; w49 72; w46 363; w45 323, 326-329; w44 57; g42 9/30 16; g36 5/20 539, 541-542
allowed Jews to join Christ’s “bride”: ts 104-106
accident-prevention laws: g77 11/22 17
animals:
kindness to: lp 152
not to boil kid in mother’s milk: w83 10/15 31
that kill a man: w75 639
anointing oil: w79 5/1 22, 25
Atonement Day: su 100-101; ad 160-162
basis for release from Law: ts 104-105
bilateral: po 113-114; w72 682
brother-in-law marriage: w78 3/15 26; ad 263-264
chart of some basic principles in the Mosaic Law: uw 152
Christians: uw 148-150; g78 6/22 28; g75 2/8 27-28; w70 401, 403; g70 7/22 27-28; w69 607-608; g69 3/8 27-28; g68 8/22 7-8; yl 25; ms 318; w64 364; w61 281, 678-680; pa 150; w55 121; w52 152; lg 191-195; ep 361-362; w45 323-333
circumcision: w75 135-136; ad 350-351
why on eighth day: ce 205-206; g79 11/8 21-22; ad 350
cleansing rituals: w79 5/1 21; w78 4/1 31-32
compensating victims of crime: g79 7/8 10; w77 315; lp 148-149; g77 5/8 11; w75 390
consideration for handicapped: w78 8/1 31
consideration for poor: lp 145-146, 151
criminal justice: g79 7/8 8-12; lp 148-150; w76 71; ad 395-396, 1040-1042
discussion: uw 146-153; lp 143-156; g76 6/8 27-28; tp73 102-103; w72 681-685; ad 1036-1045; pa 77-82; lg 182-195; el 53-58; w49 67-76; w45 323-333
divorce: w78 5/15 29
dying to Law: w79 7/15 31; ts 105-106; g72 11/22 7; w51 121-122; w45 332
‘elementary things of the world’ (Ga 4:3; Col 2:8, 20): w71 416; ad 1673
eye for eye: g77 6/8 27-28; ad 242
fat: w81 10/15 31; w72 190-191; ad 568-569
features: ad 1038-1045; w70 372-380, 401-403; w63 206-207; w61 63, 76, 198, 554, 734-735; ns 104-105, 110, 220; g61 9/8 27-28; g56 8/22 5; w54 249; w53 174-175; w52 311-312, 435, 446-447; rm 162; w45 199-201; w32 121-123
festivals: w80 2/15 8-16, 18-24; w77 275; w77 541; ad 573-574, 1650-1651, 1677
food: w78 7/1 31; w77 274; w75 301
forbidden sexual relations: g79 7/8 10; w78 3/15 25-26; lp 153-154
Gentiles: w74 463-464
giving an unbled carcass to an alien resident: w84 7/15 24
God’s justice: w75 115-117
“growing old [and] is near to vanishing away” (Heb 8:13): w83 9/1 31
Hagar: w85 3/15 12; w85 9/15 31; w64 74, 198; w63 174, 715; w55 222-223; nh 177; w50 412; w49 72; w44 27, 35-36; w33 300
harm to a pregnant woman: w77 478-480; g77 6/8 27
holy incense: w79 5/1 22, 25
illegitimate child: w74 224
inauguration: po 109-110, 112-113; w72 681-684; ad 826, 1129
incest: w78 3/15 25-26; w75 74, 76
Jubilee: lp 155-156; w76 453-454
juvenile delinquents: lp 150
keeping perfectly: po 117-118
kidnapping: lp 150
knowledge of, benefits us: uw 150-153
last days of: w80 10/1 21
limitations: w65 722; w64 197-198, 361-362; w55 630; w54 250-251; lg 183, 187-188; el 103-106; w49 71; w45 183, 227, 330-333; w34 102; jh 147; w33 348
failure to eliminate crime: g79 7/8 10-11
“weakness” of: g76 6/8 27-28
lost-and-found items: lp 151
make a fence around the Law (quote): w80 5/1 6
marriage covenant with Jehovah: w76 176-182; ts 104-105
meaning of term: po 112
mediator: w72 682; ad 1129-1130; w67 43; w66 107; im 205, 215-216, 273; bf 75; ns 101, 106, 108-110, 238, 273; w55 660; sr55 70; nh 176; w45 324; w34 61, 103, 105; jh 150, 156
merciful: lp 154-155; w75 115-117
Mosaic Law precedents in American law: g81 1/22 16-18
murder: g79 7/8 10; g78 12/22 27-28; lp 149-150
national covenant: po 103-110; kj 198-199; li 85-86; im 273-276; w63 43; ln 11; ns 108, 114; w60 457; lg 173-174; el 53-54; w49 71; g36 5/20 539
no division: g75 2/8 27-28; g69 3/8 27-28; g67 11/8 27; im 281-282; w61 679; ms53 237-238; w52 149-152; lg 11, 183-185, 187-188; w46 327; ep 74-75; w45 324-326
no provision for prisons: g79 7/8 10
not forced on Israel: po 110, 113
not make Israel a nation of priests: po 114
not prior to Moses: g74 5/8 20
not to mix wool and linen: g76 11/8 14
number of laws: ad 851; w61 76; w58 110; w56 146
oaths: w78 6/1 13-14; ad 1238
point of, missed by religious leaders: w76 532
polygamy: lp 147-148; g76 1/22 27
priesthood: po 114-116, 118
principles continue: uw 151-153; w79 5/1 22; g68 8/22 7-8; ms 127; w61 281-284, 735; w59 680-683; w57 752; w52 38
prohibition on blood: bq 8-10
emergencies no excuse: bq 9
human blood included: bq 10
punishment for reviling one’s parents: w79 4/15 31
purpose: uw 147; w78 5/15 23-24; g76 6/8 27-28; po 105, 109-110; w73 464; w72 126-127, 489, 559, 681-682; ad 1046, 1618-1619, 1621; w66 112; w65 648-649; ms 125-126; w64 197-198; w63 4; g63 9/8 28; g61 9/8 27-28; w60 731; w59 681; w58 111; w54 251; w53 724; nh 175; lg 210-211; el 53-57; w49 71; w48 151; w47 183-184; w45 119-120, 316; w34 102; jh 146; w33 29, 348-349; w32 75, 333-334
ransom provisions: w75 429-430
ratified with blood: w78 6/15 18-19
relation to Abrahamic covenant: ad 388; w60 731; w59 681; el 56-57; w34 168; jh 252
replaced: w80 10/1 21; w78 5/15 23-24; w73 217; w72 685-688; g68 8/22 7; im 282-283; ms 128, 315-316; w63 138-139, 207; w52 107; lg 191-193; w34 101; jh 143
respect for family: lp 150, 156
respect for property rights: lp 151
Sabbaths: w77 275
Sabbath year: g79 9/22 9; g78 3/8 11
sacrifices: w79 5/1 17-18, 24; w77 273-274; ad 1243-1245
sanitary provisions: ce 204-205; hp 96-97; lp 154; w75 134-135
“selling” land under: w76 454
shadow of greater reality: g76 6/8 28; g74 10/8 21-22; w73 415-416; w52 107; rm 136-137; w36 362; w34 59-61, 101-102, 133-135; jh 143, 146
“sinful passions that were excited by the Law” (Ro 7:5): g79 7/8 11
slavery: w85 9/15 31; w79 12/1 22-23; w78 9/15 10; lp 146-147; w70 373-374
stealing: g79 7/8 10; lp 149; w75 115-116; w74 204-205
superiority over Code of Hammurabi: w80 10/1 8-9
Ten Commandments: uw 148; po 110; ad 1588-1590; g71 1/8 3-4; g70 7/22 27-28; g70 8/8 27-28; g70 8/22 27-28; g70 9/8 27-28; g70 9/22 27-28; g70 10/22 27-28; g70 11/8 27-28; g70 11/22 27-28; g70 12/8 27-28; g70 12/22 27-28; g68 8/22 5-8; im 271-275; w63 44; ln 13; w61 73, 76, 281-284, 537-538; g61 9/8 28
testifies to God’s glory: w79 3/15 6-7
“through law I died toward law” (Ga 2:19): w79 7/15 31
transmission by angels: w70 318-319; g64 9/8 7; w63 735-736; w62 746-747; g62 8/8 27; ns 109; w60 255; w47 151
treatment of offenders: g79 7/8 10; lp 154-155; w76 71; w72 471-472; g72 1/8 14-16; ad 202-203, 395-396, 1039-1042; w70 376-379; w65 58, 109, 127; im 277; g65 2/8 11; w64 639; w63 496; bi8-63 3585; w61 734-735
tutor: w73 580-581; ad 1620-1621
two greatest commandments: w84 9/1 12; w65 208-210; w63 45; bf 80-81; ln 14-15; g61 3/22 5-8; w59 680-683; w57 752-753; w56 453-454; w55 59-60; w47 124; w42 125
unclean animals: w64 361-362; w63 351
unsolved murders: lp 150; g75 11/22 27
vows: w79 5/1 23
wars: g78 12/22 28
when husband suspected wife of adultery: w84 4/15 29; w77 607
where and when made: po 109-110; w72 489, 681-683; ad 388; kj 118, 241; w70 372; w69 650; w67 43; li 85; im 204-205; ns 101; w60 457, 731; w58 145-146; w56 50-51; w53 159; nh 173-175; rm 136; w49 68-69; w46 197; w44 55; w34 68, 133-134; jh 30-31, 163-168, 195-202; w33 86, 284, 301
witnesses in legal cases: lp 152-153
women protected by: lp 147-148; g76 1/22 27
“works of law” (Ro 3:20): g62 8/8 6-8
works to gain merit: w80 5/1 3, 5-8
yoke: ad 1678-1679