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LEVITICUS

OUTLINE

by Ray Shelton

 

LEVITICUS (From Greek LXX – that which pertains to the Levites)

I.  The Way to God (1:1–17:16)


A.  The Law of offerings (1:1–7:38)

1.  The burnt offerings (1:1-17)

2.  The cereal offering (2:1-16)

3.  The peace offering (3:1-17)

4.  The sin offering (4:1–5:13)

5.  The trespass offering (5:14–6:7)

6.  Supplementary laws (6:8–7:27)

7.  The wave offering (7:28-38)


B.  The consecration of the priests (8:1–10:20)

1.  The consecration of Aaron and his sons (8:1-36)

2.  The first offering of Aaron and his sons (9:1-24)

3.  The sacrilege of Nadab and Abihu (10:1-20)


C.  The Laws of purification (11:1–15:33)

1.  Clean and unclean animals (11:1-47)

2.  Purification of a woman after childbirth (12:1-8)

3.  The laws of leprosy (13:1–14:57)

4.  Purification from bodily secretions (15:1-33)


D.  The Day of Atonement (16:1-34)




E.  The blood of sacrifice (17:1-16)


II.  The Way with God (18:1–27:34)


A.  Heathen practices forbidden (18:1-30)


B.  The Law of holiness (19:1–22:33)

1.  For the congregation (19:1–20:27) Holy people

2.  For the priests (21:1–22:33) Holy priests


C.  The Law of feasts (23:1-44)

1.  Sabbath (23:1-3)

2.  Passover (23:4-8)

3.  Harvest festivals (23:9-44)


D.  Miscellaneous laws (24:1-23)

1.  Lamps (24:1-4)

2.  Shewbread (24:5-9)

3.  Blasphemy punished (24:10-23)


E.  The Law of the Land (25:1-55)

1.  The sabbatical year (25:1-7)

2.  The year of jubilee (25:8-55)


F.  Blessing and Curses (26:1-46)

G.  Appendix: Vows and Tithes (27:1-34)