When Moses came down from the mountain with the original commandment, they contained the Higher Law for the people. Moses broke the tablets when he saw what evil the people were doing by worshiping the golden calf. God gave other commandments to replace the original ten, but they were of a lesser law. This law was called the Mosaic law named after Moses. This law is contained all through The Bible from that time one. No where in the bible is contained the Higher Law unless you refer to the teachings of Christ when He was alive. This law would have to be given to the people when the time was right that they were able to live it.
To Moses the Lord first gave the Higher Priesthood and revealed the fullness of the gospel. But Israel rebelled and manifest such gross unworthiness that their God took from them the power whereby they could have become a kingdom of priests and of kings and gave them instead a lesser law, a preparatory gospel. He gave them instead The Law of Moses. They were the divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. They were the law of commandments contained in ordinances. When Christ came the law was done away with and the Higher Law was again restored. The Lord said "Behold, I say unto you the law if fulfilled that was given unto Moses".
The Ark of the Law contained the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments. According to the Old Testament, it was a sacred repository for this important religious artifact.
Moses did not have a "stepfather-in-law" since his wife, Zipporah, never had a stepfather. Moses' father-in-law was Jethro.
The Pharisees believed that oral tradition, known as the Oral Torah, had equal authority with the written Law (Torah) in guiding Jewish life and practice. They believed that both the written and oral traditions were equally important in interpreting and applying the laws of Moses.
No they were not given to Moses.
When Moses came down from the mountain with the original commandment, they contained the Higher Law for the people. Moses broke the tablets when he saw what evil the people were doing by worshiping the golden calf. God gave other commandments to replace the original ten, but they were of a lesser law. This law was called the Mosaic law named after Moses. This law is contained all through the Bible from that time one. No where in the bible is contained the Higher Law unless you refer to the teachings of Christ when He was alive. This law would have to be given to the people when the time was right that they were able to live it.
Moses father in law Jethro lived in Midian , he was a priest.
An unwritten law that evolves from the customs and traditions of society is called a "common law."
There is a tradition that it is. However, simple reading of the text reveals that it is a compendium of opinions about laws, traditions, and practices, frequently contradicting each other. All opinions of the contributing rabbis are carefully preserved, even if one disagrees with another.
To Moses the Lord first gave the Higher Priesthood and revealed the fullness of the gospel. But Israel rebelled and manifest such gross unworthiness that their God took from them the power whereby they could have become a kingdom of priests and of kings and gave them instead a lesser law, a preparatory gospel. He gave them instead The Law of Moses. They were the divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. They were the law of commandments contained in ordinances. When Christ came the law was done away with and the Higher Law was again restored. The Lord said "Behold, I say unto you the law if fulfilled that was given unto Moses".
Moses was in Egypt, his wife and children might have been there or with Moses' father in law.