Many people, especially in the modern Christianity, confuse the law YHWH with the religious teaching and traditions of the Pharisees, Sadducees and Scribes (Talmudists). This is what the prophets have warned about, Yeshua, throughout the earthly ministry and the apostles:
Deut.4:2 You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you diminish it, that you may keep the commandments of YHWH your Elohim which I command you. Deuteronomy 4:2
Deut.12:32 Whatever I command you, be watchful to do it; you shall not add to it or diminish it. Deuteronomy 12:32
Prov.30:6 Add not to His words, lest He reprove you, and you be found a liar. Proverbs 30:6
Ezek.33:30 As for you, son of man, the children of your people are talking about you beside the walls and in the doors of the houses; and they speak to one another, everyone saying to his brother, 'Please come and hear what the word is that comes from YHWH.' So they come to you as people do, they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their hearts pursue their own gain. Indeed you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they do not do them. Ezekiel 33:30
Mtt.23:3 Therefore whatever they tell you to observe (the Law of YHWH), that observe and do, but do not do according to their works; for they say, and do not do. For they bind heavy burdens (Talmud), hard to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. Matthew 23:3
Mtt.23:13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in. […] Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the Law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel! Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. […] Serpents, brood of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell? Therefore, indeed, I send you prophets, wise men, and scribes: some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city. Matthew 23:13
Rom.2:25 For circumcision is indeed profitable if you keep the Law; but if you habitually transgress the Law (if you do not live in accord with YHWH's Law/the Law of YHWH), your circumcision is made uncircumcision. Romans 2:25
Tit.1:10 For there are many, especially from the Circumcision faction, who are rebellious, who delude people's minds with their worthless and misleading talk. This is true especially of those of the circumcision party (who have come over from Judaism). They've got to be shut up (their mouths must be stopped). They're disrupting entire families with their teaching for the sake of dishonest gain […] Therefore rebuke them (misleading talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party who have come over from Judaism) sharply, (deal sternly, even severely with them), who have followed this false teaching, so that they will come to be sound in their trust. And no longer pay attention to Judaistic myths and fables or to rules (made-up rules) by mere men who reject and turn their backs on the Truth (to the Law of YHWH). Titus 1:10
Col.2:20 Therefore, if you died with Yeshua from the basic principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations - "Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle," which all concern things which perish with the using - according to THE COMMANDMENTS AND DOCTRINES OF MEN? These things indeed have an appearance of wisdom in self-imposed religion, false humility, and neglect of the body, but are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh. Colossians 2:20
Is.29:13 Therefore YHWH said: “Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but have removed their hearts far from Me, and their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men”. Isaiah 29:13
Mk.7:1 Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes came together to Him, having come from Jerusalem. Now when they saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, with unwashed hands (without ‘Netilat Yadayim’ rituals practice), they found fault. For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands in a special way, holding the tradition of the elders. When they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other things which they have received and hold, like the washing of cups, pitchers, copper vessels, and couches. Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, "Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?" He answered and said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE COMMANDMENTS OF MEN.' "For laying aside the commandment of YHWH, you hold the tradition of men - the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other such things you do." He said to them, "All too well you reject the commandment of YHWH, that you may keep your tradition. For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.' But you say, 'If a man says to his father or mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban" (that is, a gift to YHWH), then you no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother, making the Word of YHWH of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such things you do." Mark 7:1
Col.2:8 Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy, high-sounding nonsense, and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to the Anointed One. Colossians 2:8
Mtt.16:6 Then Yeshua said to them, "Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees." Matthew 16:6
Act.15:5 But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, "It is necessary to circumcise (practice ‘Bbrit Milah’ rituals) them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses (interpretation of the law - instructions on how to execute the Law: aka ‘Oral the Law of YHWH’)" […] 10 Now therefore, why do you test YHWH by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? Acts 15:5
Gal.4:21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, (under the religion interpretation of law) do you not hear the Law? (Tell me, you who want to be in subjection to the system that results from perverting the Law of YHWH into legalism, don't you hear what the Law of YHWH itself says?) Galatians 4:21
1Tim.6:20 Oh, Timothy! Keep safe what has been entrusted to you. Turn away from the ungodly babblings and the argumentative opposition of what is falsely called "knowledge." For many who promise this "knowledge" have missed the mark, as far as the faith is concerned. 1 Timothy 6:20
Gal.1:14 (Shaul/Paul’s speech) And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation (I was one of the most religious Jews of my own age), being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers. Galatians 1:14
Rom.1:21 What happened was this: People knew YHWH perfectly well, but when they didn't treat him like YHWH, refusing to worship him, they trivialized themselves into silliness and confusion so that there was neither sense nor direction left in their lives […] 25They have exchanged the Truth of YHWH for falsehood (a lie), by worshipping and serving created things, rather than the Creator, Who is blessed forever! […] 28Since they didn't bother to acknowledge YHWH, He quit bothering them and let them run loose (He gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting). And then all hell broke loose: rampant evil, grabbing and grasping, vicious backstabbing. Their lives became full of envy, wanton killing, bickering, and cheating. Look at them: mean-spirited, venomous, fork-tongued YHWH-bashers, swaggerers, insufferable windbags! They keep inventing new ways of wrecking lives. They ditch their parents when they get in the way. They refuse to understand, slimy, cruel, cold-blooded. And it's not as if they don't know better. Though they are fully aware the righteous judgment (decree) of YHWH that those who do such things deserve to die, and they don't care - they not only do them themselves but approve and applaud others who practice them. Romans 1:21
2Pet.3:17 Let me warn you therefore, beloved, that knowing these things beforehand, you should be on your guard, lest you be carried away by the error of lawless (wicked persons) and fall from your present firm condition (your own steadfastness of mind). 2 Peter 3:17
Jer.3:10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to Me with her whole heart, but in pretense," says YHWH. Jeremiah 3:10
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