LAW COVENANT
(Also called Law of Moses; Mosaic Law; The Commandments; The Law)
(See also Ten Commandments)
(Note centered headings below: Business Practices; Dietary and Sanitary Laws; Family and Sexual Matters; Judicial Matters; Membership in Nation; Military; Miscellaneous Provisions; Relations With Others; Worship)
abolished: it-2 832; w99 9/15 21-22; si 24, 219-220; w89 11/15 5; pe 204-206
attitude of early Christians toward Law: w23.12 4-5; w16.09 14
‘caused to cease’ (Da 9:27): it-2 901-902; hl section 15
Christians not under: ijwbv article 56; scl 12-13; w10 2/1 13-14; w03 3/15 23-24; w90 11/15 23; rs 348-349
evidence: ws 102-103
how: w87 1/1 21; ws 79-81
Jesus fulfills (Mt 5:17): w10 2/1 13
Jews no longer under: w90 8/1 24
‘Law and Prophets were until John’ (Lu 16:16): jy 206; gt chapter 88
Law’s value for Christians: it-2 243-244; w16.03 20; w12 1/15 16-17; w07 12/15 28; w96 7/1 8; si 28-30, 40-41; pe 206-207
“obsolete” (Heb 8:13): it-1 523; w14 10/15 15-16
Paul’s argument (Hebrews): si 244
Paul’s statement, “through law I died toward law” (Ga 2:19): w21.06 31; w21.12 15
peace brought: it-2 592
principles continue: w05 5/15 22-23; si 29, 40-41
replaced by new covenant: w98 2/1 20
when: it-2 687; w89 2/1 31; w87 1/1 21; ws 79-81, 102
why early Christians complied with some features: bt 182-184; w18.10 24-25; it-1 481; it-2 1163-1164; w16.09 15; w11 7/15 27, 30; w03 3/15 20-25; g02 10/8 19
accomplishments: w98 2/1 14
angels transmit: ijwbq article 160; it-2 53; w88 5/15 22-23
Jesus not used: w90 5/1 30
approach to God under: it-1 136-137; w06 9/1 23-24
baptism not anticipated by purification ceremonies of: it-1 249
basis: g89 2/22 18
basis for Israel’s sonship: it-2 998
bilateral: it-1 522-523
blessings and maledictions: it-2 300; w96 6/15 14-16
“book of the law”: it-1 166; w90 7/15 28
discovery in Josiah’s day: it-2 117-118; rr 23; w09 6/15 10-11; jd 67-68; w05 12/1 21; w90 7/15 28
chart “Some Features of the Law Covenant”: it-2 214-220
copy written on stones at Mt. Ebal: it-1 672
covenant at Moab: it-1 523-524; si 40
curse from not obeying: it-2 300
Jesus’ death removes: w21.04 16; it-2 300-301, 1117
Deuteronomy explains: it-1 620-621
discussion: cl 129-131, 133-137; it-1 523; it-2 213-220; w14 10/15 14; w99 9/15 18-21; w98 2/1 10-12; ct 125-128; sh 208-209; w89 2/1 13
for Muslims: gu 15-17
duration: it-1 523
temporary: wi 13-15
economic provisions: g 12/14 13
“elementary” (Ga 4:1-3; Col 2:20, 21): it-2 1208-1209
features: it-2 214-220; si 23, 27-28
‘framework of the truth’ (Ro 2:20): w12 1/15 16-17
freedom under: w92 6/1 11-12
genealogies essential: it-1 907-908
given only to Israel: pe 203-205
Golden Rule implied by: w89 11/1 4
Hammurabi’s law:
inferior to Law: w87 11/1 11-13
not basis for Law: it-1 551; g89 2/22 18
“holy and righteous and good” (Ro 7:12): it-2 810; w87 11/1 11-13
inauguration: it-1 136; it-2 437; si 23, 295
order of events: it-2 972-973
traditionally on day of Pentecost: it-2 599; w16.01 21
validating sacrifices: it-1 1194; it-2 361
Israel’s constitution: it-1 1228
Jehovah’s authorship: it-2 223-224
powerful works attest to: it-2 662
Jehovah’s personality evident: cl 133-137; w19.02 20-25; w96 9/1 10-11
Jehovah swears to (Eze 16:8): w12 10/15 25
Jewish tradition that God studies Law daily: w05 4/15 26
judicial decisions incorporated: it-2 138
limitations: it-1 817; it-2 602-603; si 245-246
not able to give life: it-2 248; w09 8/15 6
“weak through the flesh” (Ro 8:3): it-1 841; it-2 602-603; w11 11/15 11-12
mediator Moses: it-2 361-362, 437-438; my story 35
misuse: w96 9/1 11-13
no division into moral and ceremonial: it-2 832; pe 205; rs 347-348
not a burden: w99 9/15 19
number of laws: cl 129; it-1 549, 1228; it-2 220; w96 9/1 9
oral law added: w99 1/15 25-27; w97 11/15 25-28; w96 9/1 11-13; wi 8-11
patriarchal law carried over: it-1 549, 923
Paul’s observance in cleansing at temple: bt 184-185; it-1 481; it-2 1163-1164; w16.09 15; w03 3/15 24; w87 8/1 13-14
perfection: it-2 602-603
prospect of Israel becoming “kingdom of priests” (Ex 19:5, 6): cl 193, 196-197; it-2 242, 683; w12 1/15 27-28; w12 10/15 25; w11 5/15 22-23; jr 175-176; re 87; w00 9/1 21; w98 2/1 10-11; w95 7/1 15-19; bp 8, 18; w89 2/1 13, 18-19
protective: w05 9/1 28-29
provisions for learning Law: w92 11/1 12-13; w88 8/15 11-12
purposes: cl 131, 192-193; it-1 523; it-2 220, 602; w16.03 19-20; hl section 12; jr 169-170; w99 9/15 18-19; gu 16-17; ct 128; w96 9/1 9-10; w96 12/15 30; wi 13-14; si 26, 219; w89 2/1 13, 16; pe 203-204
identify Messiah: it-2 603
Israel divided off: it-1 359-360, 945; it-2 213, 220; w03 7/15 27-28
“make transgressions manifest” (Ga 3:19): it-1 549; it-2 220, 603, 967
protect ‘offspring of woman’ (Ge 3:15): w14 10/15 14
“shadow” (Col 2:17; Heb 10:1): w23.10 25; it-2 220, 905, 1131; w10 5/1 5-6; w03 2/15 29; w00 8/15 17; si 24, 29-30
sin fully revealed by: it-2 224, 966-967; w08 6/15 30
spiritual custody of Israel: it-1 562; w08 3/1 20
“tutor” (Ga 3:24): it-2 220, 1134; w08 3/1 18-21; w08 4/15 29; w03 3/15 21; w02 6/1 15
reading:
at Mounts Ebal and Gerizim: it-1 672, 925-926; w97 2/1 30-31; w96 6/15 14-15; w95 5/1 10-11; w93 6/15 6; w86 12/15 21-22
by Ezra to nation: mwb23.07 10; it-1 145; w13 10/15 21-23; w98 10/15 20-21; w96 5/15 16; w95 5/1 11
by Joshua: w96 5/15 16
by Moses to nation: w95 5/1 9-11
in synagogues: it-2 1051; w95 5/1 10-11
regular: w95 5/1 10
relationship to Abrahamic covenant: w98 2/1 10; w89 2/1 13; ws 75-81
relationship to new covenant (Jer 31): w12 1/15 27-28
righteousness: w02 6/1 14-16; w90 10/15 27-28
“sheepfold” (Joh 10:1-3): jy 186; gt chapter 80
superiority: w92 7/1 11-12; w92 11/1 13
Ten Commandments: ijwbq article 151; it-2 220, 1085-1087; w97 12/1 32; sh 211; si 23; w89 11/15 3-6
ark of the covenant contained: it-1 165-166
basis for Law: it-1 549; it-2 513
Christian view: ijwbq article 151; mwb20.08 7; it-2 1087; pe 203-207; rs 347-349; g88 5/8 22-23
passed away with Law: rs 348-349
sanctions for disobedience: it-1 549
temporary ark for: it-1 166; w06 1/15 31
terms: it-1 523; w98 2/1 10
terms referring to: w19.02 20
two greatest commandments: jy 251; w13 3/1 13; w06 12/1 20-21; w02 4/15 19-20; gt chapter 108; w90 2/1 9
love for Jehovah: w25.03 8; w14 6/15 13; w13 3/1 13; bm 10; w95 10/1 13
love for neighbor: ijwbq article 134; w15 11/15 21-25; w13 3/1 13
unique: cl 129-131, 133-137; w89 2/1 13
“wall” (Eph 2:14): it-1 359-360, 945; it-2 213, 220, 1165; w08 7/1 21
“yoke”: it-2 1216
Business Practices
boundary marks: it-1 360-361
bribery condemned: it-1 343
debt: cl 134; it-1 600-601
discussion: w21.12 9-10; it-2 216-217
homes: it-1 1155-1156
inheritance: it-1 320, 436, 1199-1200
benefits: it-1 1200
daughters: it-1 585, 1199; it-2 297, 508, 1228; w13 6/15 10-11; w12 9/1 7; w96 11/15 26-27
lands: it-1 1200; it-2 199, 652
land: it-1 1199-1200; it-2 199-200
Levites: it-2 200
sanctuary-owned: it-2 200, 859-860
loans: it-1 600-601; it-2 259-260; w86 2/15 25; w86 10/15 12
interest: it-1 1212; w04 5/15 24
pledges as security: it-2 648; w14 6/1 7; nwt 1707; w04 9/15 26
Dietary and Sanitary Laws
blood: it-1 344-345; lvs 90-91; w14 11/15 10-11; lv 75-77; w04 6/15 15-16
disposal: hb 4
prohibition on eating: it-1 345; w04 6/15 15-16; hb 3-4
childbirth:
uncleanness from: cl 130-131; it-1 318-319, 479-480; it-2 443; w12 1/15 17; w04 5/15 23
circumcision: it-1 469-470
why on eighth day: wp18.1 7; it-1 469-470
cleanness required: it-1 263, 478-480; lvs 105-106; lv 88; w12 6/1 6; w08 6/1 13; w08 12/1 10; w04 5/15 23; w02 6/1 19-20; fy 47-48; si 27-29; w87 11/1 12-13
homes: it-1 1156
dead bodies:
burial: it-1 377
uncleanness from: wp18.1 7; it-1 377, 480, 829, 1084; it-2 965; w12 1/15 17
fat not to be eaten: it-1 813-814; w08 12/15 32
fecal matter: wp18.1 7; it-1 829; g 10/10 21-22; fy 47-48; g91 11/22 4
food: it-2 217-218; g 6/12 8; g91 11/22 4-5
animals: it-1 111, 632, 829; it-2 884, 916, 1031, 1049
birds: it-1 315
fish: it-1 838
insects: it-2 233
prohibition on eating bodies already dead: w05 7/1 27
homes:
leprosy in: it-1 1156; g 1/06 14
leprosy: mwb20.12 4; wp18.1 7; it-1 478-479; it-2 237-238; w12 6/1 6
lepers to wear torn garments: it-2 814
menstruation: it-2 372; g90 2/8 13
running discharge: it-1 628; it-2 372
sanitary provisions: mrt article 9; cl 130; w20.02 32; wp18.1 7; it-1 632-633, 829; it-2 218-219; w12 6/1 6; w98 4/1 16-17; ba 20-21; w90 2/1 5; si 26
uncleanness: it-2 218
communion sacrifices prohibited while in: it-2 526
from natural sexual functions: w06 6/1 31
Family and Sexual Matters
abortion: it-1 28; lvs 95-96; g17.1 10; lv 80; rs 25
suspected: it-1 494, 1261; it-2 234-235, 1094
brother-in-law marriage: it-1 370-371; it-2 1088; nwt 1694
brothers’ responsibilities: it-1 369
castration: it-2 1088; g96 2/8 13
children: w19.02 21; it-1 807
abuse of parents: it-2 801; w04 5/15 24
illegitimate children: it-1 1174
parental authority: it-1 435-436
circumcision: it-1 469-470
concubines: it-1 495-496; it-2 343
divorce: w19.02 21; it-1 640-641, 1163; it-2 215, 342-343, 1183; w93 8/15 4-5
“certificate of divorce” (De 24:1): it-2 342; w08 9/1 25; w93 8/15 4-5
for “something indecent” (De 24:1): cf 104; w18.12 11; it-2 342; w16.08 11; jy 222; gt chapter 95
remarriage: it-2 342-343
engagement: it-1 641, 727; w09 12/1 16
family: cl 135; it-1 807-808; w95 9/15 22-23; w92 10/15 8-9
consideration to be shown: it-1 621
next of kin: it-2 781
firstborn: it-1 835-836
Levi exchanged for: it-1 835-836; it-2 241, 683, 765; w95 7/1 16
fornication: it-1 863
homosexuality: it-1 642; it-2 1088
incest: w19.02 25
marriage: mwb21.05 14; w19.02 21; it-2 215, 340-343; w16.08 10-11
headship: it-2 222
heiresses: it-1 1199; it-2 297, 1228
husband’s role: it-2 341-342, 1183
non-Israelites: it-1 76
polygamy: cl 135-136; w18.12 11; it-1 807-808; it-2 342
prohibited marriages: it-2 342; w12 7/1 29; w02 2/1 29; rs 253
wife accused of adultery: it-1 494, 1261; it-2 234-235, 1094
wife accused of not being virgin: it-1 271-272, 494; it-2 234, 341-343
prostitution: it-1 1036; it-2 700
rape: it-2 753; w05 8/1 14; w03 2/1 30-31
sex: w87 11/1 13
during menstruation: it-1 479; it-2 372
emasculation: it-2 1088
immorality: it-2 216
purpose of values: g90 6/8 6
respect for reproductive powers: it-2 1088-1089
uncleanness from: cl 130-131; w04 5/15 23
uncleanness from natural sexual functions: it-1 479-480; w06 6/1 31
women: mwb21.07 10; w12 9/1 5-7; w91 7/1 11-12
land inheritance: it-1 585, 1199-1200; it-2 297, 508, 1228; w13 6/15 10-11; w12 9/1 7; w96 11/15 26-27
seduced virgin: it-1 494; it-2 1158; w89 11/15 31
youths:
Judicial Matters
accidents: it-1 38
abortion: it-1 28; lvs 95-96; lv 80; rs 25
homicide: cl 134; it-1 38, 550; w17.11 9-11, 14-16
accusations: it-1 39
avenger of blood: it-1 221-222
bloodguilt: it-1 346; w95 11/15 11, 15
cities of refuge: mwb21.05 6; mwb21.07 7; it-1 471-472; w17.11 8-11, 14-16; nwt 1695; w10 11/1 15; w95 11/15 10-14
compensation: cl 133-134; it-1 493-495
goods wrongly seized: w97 12/1 13-14
injuries: it-1 493-494
loss or damage: it-1 494-495
slander: it-1 494
courts: it-1 517-518, 787; it-2 214-215, 233-235
evidence: it-2 234-235
crimes:
fraud: it-1 870
kidnapping: it-2 149
murder: it-1 344; it-2 450, 734; w17.11 9
not protecting from goring bull: it-2 733-734
rape: w19.12 14; it-2 753; w05 8/1 14; w03 2/1 30-31
slander: it-1 494
theft: cl 133-134; it-1 494; it-2 1093; w05 8/1 14
criminal justice: w19.02 23-24; it-1 549-551; it-2 214-215, 220
burning after execution: it-1 550
capital punishment: it-1 497, 549-550, 562; it-2 681, 1027, 1037; w13 5/15 13; w95 11/15 11
cutting off: it-1 787
eye for eye (law of talion): ijwbq article 149; cl 131, 133; it-1 342, 550; it-2 1088; w14 9/1 8-9; g 9/10 10; w09 9/1 22
hanging after execution: it-1 550, 1030, 1190; w13 5/15 13
prisons: it-2 690
purpose of punishments: it-1 550
retribution: it-2 794
curses for disobedience: si 39-40
different from other nations: w92 7/1 11-12
forgiveness for offenses: cl 267-268; it-1 862
judges: w19.02 23-24; it-1 343, 517-518; it-2 214-215; w14 9/1 7-9
impartiality required: it-1 1193
latitude: cl 133-134; it-2 220
judicial decisions:
disrespect for: it-2 681
justice: w19.02 22-24; w14 9/1 7-9; w98 6/15 28-29; w89 3/1 24-25
murder: it-1 344; it-2 450, 734; w17.11 9
acts considered equivalent: it-2 450
when murderer unknown: it-1 344, 480, 1084-1085; it-2 1171; w95 11/15 15
women: w86 9/1 15-16
Membership in Nation
alien residents: it-1 72-73
naturalization: it-1 473
exclusions from congregation: it-1 72-73, 496-497, 621
Ammonites and Moabites: w24.04 31; it-1 95, 1150, 1174; it-2 419
emasculated men: it-1 767; it-2 1088
illegitimate sons: it-1 1174
proselytes: it-2 699; w98 2/1 11
Military
military service: cl 135; it-2 217
age requirement: it-1 56; it-2 1167
cleanness: it-1 173
exemptions: it-1 173, 620; it-2 1167
warfare: cl 134-135; it-1 620; it-2 1166-1167
cities: it-2 1167
trees: cl 135
Miscellaneous Provisions
agriculture: it-1 58
gleaning: it-1 962; nwt 1699; w11 2/1 15; w06 6/15 22-23; w03 12/1 17; w88 7/1 9; w86 10/15 11
sowing: it-2 1013
trees: w21.12 6-7; it-2 1123
animals: mwb21.07 8; lvs 245-246
castration: it-2 1088
clean and unclean: it-1 111, 555, 634
consideration for: it-1 621; it-2 219-220; g 12/11 10-11
firstborn: it-1 836
goring bull: it-1 494
hunting: it-1 1161
loss or damage: it-1 494
not boiling kid in mother’s milk: it-2 402; w06 4/1 31; w06 4/15 30; w04 3/15 27; w03 7/15 27-28
“not muzzle a bull” (De 25:4): it-1 375; it-2 454
not taking mother bird and eggs: it-2 494
not yoking ass and bull: it-1 196; w03 10/15 32
theft: it-1 494
treatment of: it-1 111-112, 621
baldness: it-1 245-246
beard:
sidelocks and beard not to be cut (Le 19:27): it-1 266; w04 5/15 24; g00 1/22 22, 24
camp life in wilderness: it-1 398
clothing: w92 8/15 13-14
fringes: it-1 655; w11 7/15 12; w04 8/1 26; w03 7/15 13
wool and linen not to be mixed: w21.12 6; it-1 483
day’s end requirements: it-2 1044
oaths: it-2 517
safety: w10 4/15 29-31
tattoos: ijwbq article 50; it-2 320; g00 8/8 18
Relations With Others
alien residents: it-1 72-74
rights: g96 8/22 9
selling unbled carcass to (De 14:21): it-1 345; w04 9/15 26; w04 12/15 30
beating: it-1 271-272
boundary marks: it-1 360-361
consideration: it-2 219
for people with disabilities: w21.12 8-9
custody of animals or goods: it-1 494-495, 561
deaf people: it-1 595
fatherless child: cl 113-114; it-1 816; w09 4/1 31; w01 6/15 9-10
foreigners: w21.12 12-13; it-1 850; w16.10 9; ip-2 249, 251; w98 12/1 10
example of Boaz: w16.10 10
hired laborers: it-1 1123
hospitality: w96 10/1 13
love: cl 136-137; it-1 620-621; it-2 219
lying: it-2 245
older people: w06 6/1 4-5
poor people: cl 255-256; mwb21.07 4; w18.01 32; it-1 939; it-2 652; w11 6/1 6; w05 5/15 6; w01 6/15 9-10; g98 6/8 9; w86 10/15 11-12
gleaning: it-1 962-963; nwt 1699; w11 2/1 15; w06 6/15 22-23; w03 12/1 17; w88 7/1 9; w86 10/15 11
harvest provisions: it-2 598
slander:
compensation: it-1 494
slaves: it-2 978-979; g 7/11 28-29; g01 9/8 21
discipline: it-1 271, 342; it-2 978-979
disfigurement prohibited: it-1 363
ear pierced with awl: it-1 665; w13 10/15 12, 14-15; w10 1/15 4; w05 3/15 15-16
female Hebrew slaves: it-2 978
privileges: it-2 979
protection: it-2 978-979
release: w19.12 9; it-2 122, 833
women: it-2 1183, 1196; w12 9/1 5-7; w07 1/15 4-5; w86 9/1 15-16
slaves: it-2 978
widows: cl 113-114; it-2 1181-1182
Worship
apostasy: it-1 621
apostate cities: it-2 1031
ark of the covenant: ijwbq article 118; mwb20.09 4; it-1 165-168
blasphemy: it-1 338
blood sacred: w89 3/1 30
chart: it-2 214
circumcision: it-1 469-470
contributions: it-1 502-503; w11 11/1 12; w09 8/1 30; w04 11/1 19; w03 12/1 16-18; w96 11/1 28-29; w88 7/1 9
death:
cutting oneself for dead prohibited: it-1 563; w04 9/15 27; w03 7/15 27
fasting: it-1 213, 811; w04 5/15 24; w96 11/15 5; w96 12/15 30; si 28
festivals: mwb21.01 6; it-1 820-828; it-2 580-583, 597-599; w07 1/1 20-25; jv 254
Atonement Day: mwb20.09 4; it-1 213-214, 225-226; hl section 13; w09 9/15 27; w07 1/1 22-23; w96 7/1 10-12; si 28
Passover: ijwbq article 132; it-2 580-583; w13 12/15 17-21
Pentecost: bt 21; it-2 597-599
seven-day periods: it-2 1176
firstborn:
Levi exchanged for: it-1 835-836; it-2 241, 683, 765; w95 7/1 16
high priest: it-1 1109-1113; nwt 1700
breastpiece: it-1 365; nwt 1694
incense: nwt 1701; w06 9/1 24; w03 6/1 28-29
Jehovah alone worshipped: it-2 1086
no images for worship: w19.02 22-23; it-1 1167-1168, 1185; it-2 1086; w09 2/1 30; ip-2 65-66
key requirements: rr 21-23
magic condemned: it-2 294
Nazirites: it-2 477-478
prayer: w08 2/1 12; w06 9/1 23-24
priesthood: it-1 136, 523; it-2 214, 683-686
prophets:
presumptuousness: it-2 681
Sabbath periods: ijwbq article 88; it-2 1176-1177; nwt 1709
Jubilee: w19.12 8-10; it-2 121-123; nwt 1702; w04 7/15 26; w87 1/1 18-19
Sabbath days: it-1 1129; it-2 830-832, 1086, 1176; w89 11/15 4, 6; rs 345
Sabbath years: it-2 122, 833-834
sacrifices: it-2 525-528; w14 2/1 10; w13 12/15 12-13; w07 4/1 17-18; w06 7/1 22-23; w00 8/15 14-17; w96 7/1 9-10; si 27
consideration for the poor: w09 6/1 26
principles applied to Christians: w12 1/15 17-20
purpose: hl section 13; wi 14-15
sex excluded from worship: cl 131
spiritism condemned: it-2 1027
temporary codification: w91 12/1 11-12
tithing: ijwbq article 170; it-1 502; it-2 684, 1109-1110; nwt 1714; w11 9/15 8; w03 12/1 16; w02 12/1 4; w92 12/1 8-9; w91 12/1 29-30; w90 12/1 22; w88 7/1 9
effect of negligence: ijwbq article 170; it-2 1110; w11 9/15 8; w92 12/1 9-11
second tithe: ijwbq article 170; it-2 1110; w11 9/15 8
women: it-2 1162
worship of Jehovah paramount: it-1 1229