BOOK 3. LEVITICUS. BOOK 3. LEVITICUS. BOOK 3. LEVITICUS. BOOK 3. LEVITICUS. The Book of Leviticus "And He called" is the third book of the Torah, the Pentateuch, and of the Old Testament, also known as the Third Book of Moses. The book is a manual of regulations that explains how the Israelites are to be the holy people of the Lord and worship Him in a holy manner. It is a book of laws that regulates the offering of sacrifices, the duties of priests, the liturgical calendar, the sexual, dietary, and economic practices of the Israelites, and many other issues of ritual and moral holiness. Leviticus assumes that Israel is sinful and impure, and it describes how to deal with sin and impurity so that the holy Lord can dwell among His people. The book also contains instructions on bodily cleanliness, celebrations, feasts, and punishments for crimes. Many hypotheses presented by scholars as to its origins agree that it developed over a long period of time, reaching its present form during the Persian Period, from 538 to 332 BC. Most of its chapters 1–7 and 11–27 consist of God's speeches to Moses, which he tells Moses to repeat to the Israelites. This takes place within the story of the Israelites' Exodus and deliverance from their slave masters in Egypt and their arrival to Mount Sinai as told in Exodus 19:1. The book also narrates how Moses led the Israelites in building the Tabernacle (Exodus 35–40) with God's instructions (Exodus 25–31). In Leviticus, God tells the Israelites and their priests, Aaron and his sons, how to make offerings in the Tabernacle and how to conduct themselves while camped around the holy tent sanctuary. Leviticus takes place during the month or month-and-a-half between the completion of the Tabernacle (Exodus 40:17) and the Israelites' departure from Sinai (Numbers 1:1 & 10:11). The instructions of Leviticus emphasize ritual, legal, and moral practices rather than beliefs. Nevertheless, they reflect the world view of the creation story in Genesis 1 that God wishes to live with humans. The book teaches that faithful performance of the sanctuary rituals can make that possible, so long as the people avoid sin and impurity whenever possible. The rituals, especially the sin and guilt offerings, provide the means to gain forgiveness for sins (Leviticus 4–5) and purification from impurities (Leviticus 11–16) so that God can continue to live in the Tabernacle in the midst of the people. BOOK THREE. LEVITICUS. CHAPTERS 1 THRU 27. BOOK THREE. LEVITICUS. CHAPTERS 1 THRU 27. BOOK THREE. LEVITICUS. CHAPTERS 1 THRU 27. BOOK THREE. LEVITICUS. CHAPTERS 1 THRU 27. BOOK THREE. LEVITICUS CHAPTER 1. Whoever brings a burnt offering should slaughter a bull, a sheep, a goat or a bird. The priest shall burn it on the altar to the LORD. BOOK THREE. LEVITICUS CHAPTER 2. A grain offering should be fine flour with oil and incense. The priest shall burn a portion. The rest belongs to Aaron and his sons. BOOK THREE. LEVITICUS CHAPTER 3. A peace offering should be from the herd or the flock. Slaughter it at the tabernacle. The priest shall burn it on the altar as food. BOOK THREE. LEVITICUS CHAPTER 4. If anyone sins unintentionally they should slaughter a bull, a goat or a lamb. The priest shall burn it to the LORD to make atonement. BOOK THREE. LEVITICUS CHAPTER 5. When anyone sins with an oath or becomes unclean they should confess it and bring a sin offering. A guilt offering should be a ram. BOOK THREE. LEVITICUS CHAPTER 6. When anyone cheats a neighbour they should make restitution and bring a guilt offering. The fire on the altar shall never go out. BOOK THREE. LEVITICUS CHAPTER 7. The meat of a peace offering must be eaten within two days. Do not eat fat or blood. The wave offering belongs to Aaron and his sons. BOOK THREE. LEVITICUS CHAPTER 8. Moses gathered the people at the tabernacle. He made offerings on the altar and consecrated Aaron and his sons with oil and blood. BOOK THREE. LEVITICUS CHAPTER 9. Aaron brought a sin offering and a burnt offering to make atonement. The glory of the LORD appeared and a fire consumed the offerings. BOOK THREE. LEVITICUS CHAPTER 10. Nadab and Abihu offered strange fire, so fire came from the LORD and killed them. Aaron and his other sons stayed at the tabernacle. BOOK THREE. LEVITICUS CHAPTER 11. You may eat animals with cloven hooves that chew the cud, and fish with scales and fins. Anything that touches a carcass is unclean. BOOK THREE. LEVITICUS CHAPTER 12. A male child shall be circumcised on the eighth day. A woman who gives birth shall bring offerings after her days of purification. BOOK THREE. LEVITICUS CHAPTER 13. If anyone has leprosy the priest shall declare them unclean and they shall live outside the camp. A leprous garment shall be burned. BOOK THREE. LEVITICUS CHAPTER 14. If anyone is healed of leprosy they shall shave their hair and bring offerings. If a house has mildew the priest shall inspect it. BOOK THREE. LEVITICUS CHAPTER 15. When a man has a discharge he is unclean. When he ejaculates he is unclean until evening. When a woman has her period she is unclean. BOOK THREE. LEVITICUS CHAPTER 16. Once a year Aaron shall make atonement for the people. He shall bring one goat as a sin offering and release another as a scapegoat. BOOK THREE. LEVITICUS CHAPTER 17. Anyone who kills an animal and does not bring an offering is guilty. The life is in the blood and I have given it to make atonement. BOOK THREE. LEVITICUS CHAPTER 18. Don't have sex with a relative, a woman on her period, your neighbour's wife, another man or an animal. These things defile the land. BOOK THREE. LEVITICUS CHAPTER 19. Be holy. Keep my Sabbaths. Don't turn to idols. Love your neighbour as yourself. Don't mix livestock. Do no injustice. I am the LORD. BOOK THREE. LEVITICUS CHAPTER 20. Anyone who worships Molech, curses their parents, commits adultery or has sex with a man shall be put to death. You shall be holy. BOOK THREE. LEVITICUS CHAPTER 21. A priest must not make himself unclean and must only marry a virgin. No descendant of Aaron with a defect may offer the offerings. BOOK THREE. LEVITICUS CHAPTER 22. A priest shall not eat the offerings if he is unclean. No outsider shall eat the offerings. Offerings must be animals without defect. BOOK THREE. LEVITICUS CHAPTER 23. Proclaim as feasts: Passover, Unleavened Bread, First Fruits, Fifty Days Later, the Day of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement and Booths. BOOK THREE. LEVITICUS CHAPTER 24. Aaron is to tend the lamps and set out the bread before the LORD. An Israelite blasphemed so they took him outside and stoned him. BOOK THREE. LEVITICUS CHAPTER 25. Every seventh year the land shall rest. Every fiftieth year shall be a jubilee, when property shall be restored and slaves released. BOOK THREE. LEVITICUS CHAPTER 26. If you keep my laws I will give peace in the land and make you fruitful. If not I will scatter you, but I will not break my covenant. BOOK THREE. LEVITICUS CHAPTER 27. If anyone dedicates a person or land to the LORD you shall make a valuation. A tithe of everything from the land belongs to the LORD. Thank you for studying the book of LEVITICUS. Please join us again at your earliest convenience. Thank you for studying the book of LEVITICUS. Please join us again at your earliest convenience. Thank you for studying the book of LEVITICUS. Please join us again at your earliest convenience. Thank you for studying the book of LEVITICUS. Please join us again at your earliest convenience.