I am amazed that people can't see the obvious, the bible is not a timeless book of laws from an omniscient being, it is a man made docu ment based on the moral, technological, and scientific state of knowledge millennia ago. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
About halfway through his reign, Josiah learns that the long - lost Book of the Law — the Torah — has been discovered in the temple. (rachelheldevans.com)
It is common in civil law jurisdictions for these to be called civil codes and consolidated into the great big book of law. (law.stackexchange.com)