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'''Leviticus''' [Hebrew: '''ויקרא'''] is the third book of the [[Old Testament]], part of the [[Pentateuch]]. The book is [[chiastic]]ally structured.  

'''Leviticus''' [Hebrew: '''ויקרא'''] is the third book of the [[Old Testament]], part of the [[Pentateuch]], the most important part of the [[Bible]] in [[Judaism]]. The book is [[chiastic]]ally structured.  

Many Christian and Jewish conservatives believe that Moses is the sole author of the Pentateuch and that he was inspired directly by God to write text to write the Pentateuch in the space of a month, that month being the first of the second year after the [[Hebrew]] exodus from [[Egypt]].

Many Christian and Jewish conservatives believe that [[Moses]] is the sole author of the Pentateuch and that he was inspired directly by God to write text to write the Pentateuch in the space of a month, that month being the first of the second year after the [[Hebrew]] exodus from [[Egypt]].

Most of Leviticus is filled with laws and codes, but many Christians do not consider these codes to be literal--they represent the foreshadowing of the coming of [[Jesus Christ]] and most specifically the [[crucifixion]]. It serves as a gospel of the grace of God and the holiness of God's people.{{fact}} Many Christians maintain that to strive for these codes is Holy.

Most of Leviticus is filled with laws and codes, many of which are ritualistically followed by [[Orthodox Judaism]].  Much of [[Christianity]], but not all, sees the law structure as being superceded by the sacrifice of [[Jesus Christ]].  Pauline teaching is that we were first under grace for salvation and the law, such as it is in Leviticus and recorded in other Old Testament books, is to show us the standard that we would have to uphold if there was no grace - a standard from which we would fall short.

There are two main sections in Leviticus:

There are two main sections in Leviticus:

== Summary of Leviticus 1-16 ==

== Summary of Leviticus 1-16 ==

=== Sacrificial Stories 8-10 ===

=== Sacrificial Stories 8-10 ===

* Aaron and his sons are made into priests (Leviticus 8)

* [[Aaron]] and his sons are made into priests (Leviticus 8)

* Aaron's sons "offered strange fire before the Lord" and are burnt to death for their sins by God directly. (Leviticus 9-10)

* Aaron's sons "offered strange fire before the Lord" and are burnt to death for their sins by God directly. (Leviticus 9-10)

* Which animals are clean and which are unclean. (Leviticus 11)

* Which animals are clean and which are unclean. (Leviticus 11)

* How to purify a woman rendered unclean from child birth. (Leviticus 12)

* How to purify a woman rendered unclean from child birth. (Leviticus 12)

* Laws of Leprosy and lepers as well as laws of mildew. (Leviticus 13-14)

* Laws of [[Leprosy]] and lepers as well as laws of mildew. (Leviticus 13-14)

* Laws regarding on the rendering clean of issues of bodily fluids from men and women and how to become clean. (Leviticus 15)

* Laws regarding on the rendering clean of issues of bodily fluids from men and women and how to become clean. (Leviticus 15)

* On atonement and the description of the [[scapegoat]]. (Leviticus 16)

* On [[atonement]] and the description of the [[scapegoat]]. (Leviticus 16)

== Holiness Code: Leviticus 17-26 ==

== Holiness Code: Leviticus 17-26 ==