Leviticus

Chapters

1. Leviticus 1: Instructions for burnt offerings
   The Lord speaks to Moses from the tabernacle and gives Israel instructions for burnt offerings. An offering from the herd is to be an unblemished…
2. Leviticus 2: Grain offerings and the salt of the covenant
   The grain offering uses fine flour, oil and frankincense. The priest burns a memorial portion, and the remainder belongs to Aaron and his sons as…
3. Leviticus 3: Peace offerings and the portions burned on the altar
   Instructions for peace offerings permit an unblemished male or female from the herd or flock. The offerer lays a hand on the animal's head and kills…
4. Leviticus 4: Sin offerings for priest, congregation, ruler and individual
   The Lord gives Moses instructions for sins committed in ignorance. The chapter treats an anointed priest, the whole congregation, a ruler and an…
5. Leviticus 5: Confession, affordable offerings and restitution for sacred things
   The opening cases concern a witness who withholds testimony, contact with uncleanness and a rash oath. A person guilty in these matters must confess…
6. Leviticus 6: Restitution and the priests' handling of offerings
   The chapter first addresses deceit, robbery and false oaths concerning another person's property. Restitution of the principal with an added fifth…
7. Leviticus 7: Priestly portions and the eating of peace offerings
   The chapter continues the offering laws with priestly portions from trespass, burnt and grain offerings. It then distinguishes peace offerings for…
8. Leviticus 8: Moses consecrates Aaron and his sons
   Moses gathers the congregation at the tabernacle entrance and carries out the Lord's instructions for Aaron and his sons. He washes and clothes them…
9. Leviticus 9: Aaron offers sacrifices and the Lord's glory appears
   On the eighth day Moses calls Aaron, his sons and Israel's elders. He instructs Aaron and the people to bring offerings and announces that the Lord…
10. Leviticus 10: Nadab and Abihu die, and Aaron answers Moses
    Nadab and Abihu offer incense with fire the Lord has not commanded, and fire from the Lord kills them. Moses speaks of the Lord's holiness, and Aaron…
11. Leviticus 11: Distinguishing clean and unclean creatures
    The Lord gives Moses and Aaron rules about creatures Israel may eat. Land animals must have divided hooves and chew the cud; water creatures must…
12. Leviticus 12: Purification after childbirth
    The Lord gives Moses instructions for a woman after childbirth. After a son is born, she is unclean for seven days, the boy is circumcised on the…
13. Leviticus 13: Priestly inspection of skin conditions and affected fabrics
    The Lord gives Moses and Aaron detailed rules for a priest's inspection of skin conditions. Hair color, apparent depth, spreading and raw flesh…
14. Leviticus 14: Cleansing after healing and the inspection of houses
    The priest goes outside the camp to examine a person whose skin condition has healed. A rite uses two clean birds, cedar, scarlet and hyssop: one…
15. Leviticus 15: Bodily discharges and sanctuary purity
    The Lord gives Moses and Aaron rules concerning bodily discharges and the uncleanness associated with them. The first section addresses a man's…
16. Leviticus 16: The yearly atonement and the two goats
    After the deaths of Aaron's two sons, the Lord restricts Aaron's entry within the veil and prescribes the atonement service. Aaron washes, puts on…
17. Leviticus 17: Sacrifice, blood and the life of the flesh
    The Lord tells Moses to address Aaron, his sons and Israel. Slaughtering an ox, lamb or goat without bringing it to the tabernacle entrance as an…
18. Leviticus 18: Forbidden sexual relations and the warning about the land
    The Lord tells Israel to follow his statutes rather than the practices of Egypt or Canaan. The chapter then prohibits sexual relations with specified…
19. Leviticus 19: Holiness in worship, work and the treatment of neighbors
    The call to holiness addresses Israel's whole congregation. Commands about parents, sabbaths, idols and peace offerings stand beside instructions to…
20. Leviticus 20: Penalties and Israel's call to holiness
    The chapter states penalties for offenses within Israel's community. Giving offspring to Molech requires stoning, and the Lord also threatens…
21. Leviticus 21: Priestly obligations and limits on sanctuary service
    The Lord gives Moses instructions for Aaron's priestly family. Priests may incur uncleanness for certain close relatives who die, but receive…
22. Leviticus 22: Who may eat holy food and which offerings are accepted
    Aaron and his sons must protect holy things from profanation. Approaching them while unclean brings a warning of being cut off from the Lord's…
23. Leviticus 23: The sabbath and Israel's appointed festivals
    The Lord gives Moses a calendar of holy assemblies, beginning with the weekly sabbath. Passover falls on the fourteenth day of the first month…
24. Leviticus 24: The sanctuary's lamp and bread, and a blasphemy case
    Israel must supply pure olive oil, and Aaron tends the sanctuary lamps from evening to morning. Twelve loaves are arranged before the Lord with…
25. Leviticus 25: The sabbatical year and Jubilee
    At Sinai the Lord instructs Israel to let the land rest every seventh year. After seven sets of seven years, the fiftieth year is proclaimed as…
26. Leviticus 26: Covenant blessings, judgment and remembrance
    After commands against idols and for sabbath and sanctuary observance, the Lord sets out covenant consequences. Obedience brings promises of rain…
27. Leviticus 27: Vows, valuations and limits on redemption
    The final chapter gives rules for vows and property dedicated to the Lord. Valuations of persons vary by age and sex, with the priest adjusting an…

Main people in Leviticus

• Moses
• Aaron
• Jacob
• Eleazar
• Levi
• Abihu
• Abraham
• Isaac
• Nadab

More people in Leviticus

• Ithamar
• Dibri
• Elizaphan
• Mishael
• Shelomith
• Uzziel