Sources of administrative enforcement rules in the Old Testament legislation (based on the analysis of the Book of Leviticus of the Moses Pentateuch)

This article examines the issues related to the sources of administrative coercion norms in the old Testament legislation by analyzing the main provisions of the book of Leviticus of the mosaic Pentateuch. In many ways, this book is a source, first of all, of the religious and legal order, and is related to the system of state administration. But at the same time, such a provision of legal prescriptions characteristic of the Hebrew society becomes the normative basis for many other systems, including administrative ones. Since the law itself includes coercive measures, this feature can be seen in the very first normative act on earth, namely the old Testament. Of course, these regulations are simple in their structure, in the way they are presented, and in the subjects to which they are directed. But already at this stage of the birth of the institution of law, we can conclude that they are necessary both for public administration and for citizens themselves. And fixing at the very beginning of the Bible suggests that the first people on earth had a need for ordering various actions and in combination with morals, life values and culture.

administrative law, government, public administration, legal system, sources of law, the old Testament, the Bible