Lev 18:4-5 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Lev 18:4-5: 18:4-5 regulations ... decrees: The Bible anticipated that the courts would need to interpret the laws that God had provided to apply them to different circumstances. Such interpretations became case laws; the body of these court decisions was called mishpatim in Hebrew (cp. “decrees” in 10:11 ). • Paul alludes to these verses in Rom 10:5 and Gal 3:12 , where he contrasts the “way of faith” with the “way of law.”

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‏ Leviticus 18:4-5

Summary for Lev 18:4-5: 18:4-5 ^a regulations ... decrees: The Bible anticipated that the courts would need to interpret the laws that God had provided to apply them to different circumstances. Such interpretations became case laws; the body of these court decisions was called mishpatim in Hebrew (cp. “decrees” in 10:11 ^b).

• Paul alludes to these verses in Rom 10:5 ^c and Gal 3:12 ^d, where he contrasts the “way of faith” with the “way of law.”