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Monday, February 10, 2014

Overview of Leviticus

Lev 1.1-17; Law; Instructions for burnt offerings (atonement)
Lev 2.1-16; Law; Instructions for grain offerings (memorial)
Lev 3.1-17; Law; Instructions for peace offerings
Lev 4.1-35; Law; Instructions for sin offerings (forgiveness)

Lev 5.1-13; Law; Various instructions associated with the sin offering
Lev 5.1.14-6.7; Law; Various instructions associated with guilt offerings
Lev 6.8-30; Law; Various instructions associated with burnt offerings, grain offerings, anointings and sin offerings
Lev 7.1-18; Law; Various instructions associated with guilt offerings and peace offerings
Lev 7.19-21; Law; Instructions concerning touching unclean things
Lev 7.22-27; Law; Further instructions regarding Food laws and food offerings
Lev 7.28-36; Law; Further instructions regarding peace and wave offerings
Lev 7.37-38; Law; Summary statement for all the sacrifices and offerings

Lev 8.1-36; Story; Ordination of Aaron and his sons
Lev 9.1-21; Story; Aaron makes his offerings to the LORD
Lev 9.22-24; Story; The LORD accepts their offerings
Lev 10.1-3; Story; Aaron’s sons die after offering an unauthorized fire
Lev 10.4-7; Story; Moses advises caution lest God continue to pour out his wrath
Lev 10.8-11; Law; The LORD gives Atom instructions for alcohol, holy and clean items, and teaching
Lev 10.12-15; Story; Moses follows up with some offerings
Lev 10.16-20; Story; Explanation given as to why the sin offering was not eaten

Lev 11.1-47; Law; Food laws;
Animals (11.1-8),
Fish (11.9-12),
Birds (11.13-19),
Insects (11.20-23),
Requirements for dead animals (11.24-28),
Unclean animals (11.29-38),
Touching unclean animals (11.39-45),
Summary statement (11.46-47)

Lev 12.1-8; Law; Purifications; Childbirth, circumcision, purification waiting, offerings presented
Lev 13.1-44; Law; Unclean laws; Skin diseases and management
Lev 13.45-46; Law; Instructions for those with skin diseases
Lev 13.47-59; Law; Unclean laws; Stained or soiled garments

Lev 14.1-32; Law; Cleanliness; Instructions for cleansing skin diseases
Lev 14.33-53; Law; Cleanliness; Instructions for cleansing houses
Lev 14.54-57; Law; Cleanliness; summary statement
Lev 15.1-30; Law; Cleanliness; Instructions for bodily discharges
Lev 15.31-33; Law; Cleanliness; summary statement

Lev 16.1-28; Law; Festival, Day of atonement, for Aaron, his house, his people, the holy place and tent of meeting.
Lev 16.29-34; Law; Festival, Day of atonement, frequency and summary statement
Lev 17.1-9; Law; Temple Worship, Instructions to only sacrifice at the tent of meeting
Lev 17.10-16; Law; Food and drink; Prohibition against drinking or eating blood
Lev 18.1-23; Law; Sexual immorality, Prohibitions against incest, Adultery, Idolatry, sodomy, bestiality
Lev 18.24-30; Law; Sexual immorality, warnings and summary statement

Lev 19.1-37; Law; Assortment of laws, some repetitions of previous laws
Lev 20.1-9; Law; Idolatry, laws against child sacrifice and sorcery
Lev 20.10-21; Law; Sexual immorality, punishments for offenses
Lev 20.22-26; Law; General reminder to be holy as the LORD and keep all the commands
Lev 20.27; Law; Sorcery, punishment for sorcery
Lev 21.1-24; Law; Priests, Instructions for how the priests are to live and marry

Lev 22.1-9; Law; Priests, Reminder they are not to serve unless they are clean
Lev 22.10-17; Law; Priests, Lay people and priests children
Lev 22.18-30; Law; Worship, Requirements for acceptable offerings
Lev 22.31-33; Law; Summary statement

Lev 23.1-44; Law; Festivals and Holidays,
Introduction (23.1-2)
The Sabbath (23.3)
The Passover (23.4-8)
The Feast of Firstfruits (23.9-14)
The Feast of Weeks (23.15-22)
The Feast of Trumpets (23.23-25)
The Day of Atonement (23.26-32)
The Feast of Booths (23.33-43)

Lev 24.1-4; Law; Priests; Instructions on maintaining the lamps
Lev 24.5-9; Law; Priests; Instructions for the bread of the tabernacle
Lev 24.10-23; Story-Law; Israelite, Egyptian son is stoned for blasphemy, eye for an eye rule
Lev 25.1-7; Law; Festival, The sabbath year
Lev 25.8-22; Law; Festivals and holidays, The jubilee year
Lev 25.23-34; Law; Property, Redemption of property
Lev 25.35-46; Law; Charity, Care for poor family members
Lev 25.47-55; Law; Charity, Care for poor strangers

Lev 26.1-2; Law; Repeated command not to worship idols and to maintain the Sabbaths
Lev 26.3-13; Law; Blessings for obedience
Lev 26.14-45; Law; Punishments for disobedience
Lev 26.46; Story; Reminder these are the statutes, rules and laws given to Moses on Mt Sinai
Lev 27.1-33; Law; Laws about vows and redeeming what is the LORD's

Lev 27.34; Story; Reminder these are the commandments given to Moses on Mt Sinai