When did Moses give Israel the Law on the Bible timeline?
On the biblical timeline, Moses gave Israel the Law around 1500 B.C. This is placed 500 years before King David and Solomon, who appear near 1000 B.C. The Law was given to the nation of Israel as part of God's dealing with them from Genesis 12 onward.
Les explains that after the 2000-year mark, the next major Old Testament event is around 1000 B.C., with King David, then Solomon and the first Temple. Five hundred years before that, Moses gave Israel the Law, placing it at 1500 B.C. From that point the timeline runs to 29 A.D., Christ's first advent. The span from David and Solomon back to Christ is about 1000 years. God was dealing with Israel, giving them the Law and the Temple, so that they might bring the knowledge of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to humanity, though Israel did not believe.