If it contains, and often mingles, ethical and ritual prescriptions, this is because it covers the whole field of the divine Covenant, and because this Covenant governed the relations of men with one another as well as their relations with God. ”
किसी भी मध्य - पूर्वी नियम की तुलना इस्राएली नियम से नहीं की जा सकती, जिसका सम्पूर्ण श्रेय परमेश्‍वर, इसके रचनाकार को दिया जाता है ।