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People have claimed that Christianity only requires observance of moral laws of the Old Testament, but ritual and civil laws are not relevant. But how can a person observe the Ten Commandments without the laws related to their performance and violation in civil law? For example, what penalties according to Hebrew law apply for murder and under which circumstance? What about theft and idolatry? The old testament specifies some laws, and Jewish law has others. So it's impossible to say that one accepts the moral law of the Ten Commandments or other moral laws without associated civil laws. Why should all ritual laws be abandoned when many don't depend on the sacrificial system for their observance? For example, taking the four species during the festival of Sukkoth, or refraining from leavened bread during Passover. These apply regardless of the sacrificial system.