The Book of Deuteronomy (from Greek Δευτερονόμιον, Deuteronómion, "second law"; , Devārīm, "[spoken] words") is the fifth book of the Hebrew Bible, and of the Jewish Torah. The Hebrew title is taken from the opening phrase Eleh ha-devarim, "These are the words..."; the English title is from a Greek mistranslation of the Hebrew phrase mishneh ha-torah ha-zoth, "a copy of this law", in , as to deuteronomion touto – "this second law".