Deut 4:1-2,6-8; Jm
1:17-18,21-22,27; Mk 7:1-8,14-15,21-23
For the
Jews the holiest part of the Bible was the "Pentateuch" or the
first five books, which they thought had been personally written by Moses,
and which they reverently called the "Law." The Pentateuch contained Sacred
Laws such as the "Ten Commandments" and customary laws