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The article examines laws in legal codes in the Torah, among them the Decalogue, the Covenant Code, the Deuteronomy Code, the Holiness Code and the Law in Numbers. The analysis makes use of the socio-critical method and studies to what extent the norms create legal institutes and build an orderly and safe community through a legal theory perspective and, on the contrary, to what extent disrespecting the norms causes the disintegration of the individual and the community. The Decalogue establishes a framework for the relationship between the Israelites and God and to others in the community. The Covenant Code aims at living in freedom in the homeland, protecting the excluded ones and integrating them into the community. The Deuteronomy Code corresponds to the reform of King Josiah. The Holiness Code and the Law in Numbers include a specific programme of religious and social renewal in the post-exilic era.