The Sabbath Day, Should You Keep or not Keep?

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Originally Posted by Aquila

Most of the scholars and rabbis I've read expressed that the 603 laws in the "book of the law" (the Torah, the Law of Israel, the Law of Moses, Mosaic Code, whatever one wishes to call it), which was established in the Covenant at Moab, are predicated upon one, or can be categorized with, one of the Ten Commandments, which was the Covenant Sinai, established 39+ years prior. It was added to the original Ten Commandments, and is based on them. For example, Rabbi Shlomo Itzhaki (Rashi) wrote in the Shemos:

What distinguishes the Ten Commandments from all the other 613 laws in the Torah is that the Ten Commandments act as the “categories” under which all the other commandments are included (Rashi, Shemos 24:12).

What I'm calling the "Law of Moses", was given at Moab to help the Israelites understand HOW to obey the Aseros HaDibros (the Ten Commandments). That is why the 603 laws of Moses are not considered any less important than the 10, each is predicated upon and categorized in some way under each of the 10.

If one doesn't see a distinction between two covenants (made 39 years or more apart) I'm not sure what to say.

2 Cor 3 called the ten commandments the reading of Moses.