Moses laws, and YHWH would be their god. Moses delivered the laws of God to Israel, instituted the priesthood under the sons of Moses' brother Aaron, and destroyed those Israelites who fell away from his worship. In his final act at Sinai, God gave Moses instructions for the Tabernacle, the mobile shrine by which he would travel with Israel to the Promised Land. From Sinai, Moses led the Israelites to the Desert of Paran on the border of Canaan. From there he sent twelve spies into the land. The spies returned with samples of the land's fertility, but warned that its
Law given to Moses at Sinai Law given to Moses at Sinai A Law given to Moses at Sinai (Hebrew "Halakhah le-Moshe mi-Sinai" הלכה למשה מסיני) refers to a halakhic law that is neither explicitly stated in the biblical laws nor derived from it by Talmudical hermeneutics but known from the Jewish tradition. As a category, "The law given to Moses at Mount Sinai" refers to halakhot not included in the Written Torah, but which were transmitted orally (the Oral Torah) since time immemorial from one generation to the next, with no scriptural source. The laws are nonetheless considered by the Talmud to have the force