Leviticus 16 Day of Atonement
Leviticus 16 records Yahweh's instructions to Moses after the death of Aaron's sons, detailing how Aaron may enter the Most Holy Place once a year with blood and incense. It establishes the Day of Atonement, when two goats are chosen by lot, one sacrificed and one sent into the wilderness bearing the people's sins.
Leviticus 15: Discharges, Cleansing, and Atonement
Leviticus 15 gives Israel laws about bodily discharges that make a person unclean, covering men and women, and describes how uncleanness spreads to beds, seats, and objects. It ends with washings, waiting periods, and sacrifices so that the unclean person can be cleansed and not defile the tabernacle.
Leviticus 14: Cleansing of Leprosy and Mildew
Leviticus 14 gives the law for cleansing a person healed of leprosy and for cleansing a house with mildew. It prescribes sacrifices and rituals that restore the healed person to the camp and declare the house clean.
Leviticus 13: Diagnosing Skin Disease and Mildew
Leviticus 13 instructs priests to examine skin conditions and mildew, isolating suspected cases and pronouncing clean or unclean. It distinguishes serious disease from harmless rashes and requires the unclean to live outside the camp.
Leviticus 12: Purification After Childbirth
Leviticus 12 gives instructions for a woman's ritual purity after giving birth, including periods of uncleanness and purification. It also prescribes circumcision on the eighth day and offerings to be brought to the priest for atonement.
Leviticus 11 Clean and Unclean Animals
Leviticus 11 records Yahweh's instructions to Moses and Aaron about which animals, fish, birds, and insects Israel may eat and which are unclean. It also gives rules for contact with carcasses and defilement, grounding the distinction in God's own holiness.
Leviticus 10: Strange Fire and Holy Distinction
Leviticus 10 narrates the deaths of Nadab and Abihu for offering unauthorized fire before Yahweh, followed by instructions to Aaron and his remaining sons about mourning, abstaining from drink, and eating the holy offerings. The chapter emphasizes God's holiness and the priests' responsibility to teach Israel the difference between the holy and the common.
Leviticus 9: Aaron's First Offerings and God's Glory
Leviticus 9 narrates the eighth day when Moses calls Aaron and the elders, instructs them to offer sacrifices, and Aaron performs the offerings for himself and the people. God's glory appears, fire consumes the offerings, and the people shout and fall on their faces.
Leviticus 8: Consecration of Aaron and Priests
Leviticus 8 records the ordination of Aaron and his sons as priests, following Yahweh's commands to Moses. It details the washing, clothing, anointing, sacrifices, and the seven-day period at the Tent of Meeting.
Leviticus 7: Laws for Offerings and Priestly Portions
Leviticus 7 continues instructions on offerings, specifying the trespass offering, peace offerings, and the priests' share. It also forbids eating fat and blood, emphasizing holiness and obedience.
Leviticus 6: Restitution, Fire, and Priestly Portions
Leviticus 6 continues Yahweh's instructions to Moses, first addressing restitution for trespasses against a neighbor, then giving laws for the burnt offering, meal offering, and sin offering. It emphasizes continual fire on the altar, the holiness of the priests' portions, and the need for full restoration plus a fifth when wrong is done.
Leviticus 5: Guilt, Confession, and Atonement
Leviticus 5 addresses situations where a person becomes guilty through hidden sins such as failing to testify, touching unclean things, or making rash oaths. It prescribes confession and a trespass offering, with allowances for the poor, so that atonement can be made and forgiveness received.
Leviticus 4: Sin Offerings for Unintentional Sin
Leviticus 4 instructs Israel on sin offerings for unintentional sins committed by a priest, the whole congregation, a ruler, or a common person. Each case requires a specific animal, confession, and blood ritual to make atonement and secure forgiveness.
Leviticus 3: Peace Offerings and Fat
Leviticus 3 gives instructions for the peace offering, brought from the herd, the flock, or goats, whether male or female, but always without defect. The worshipper lays a hand on the animal, kills it at the Tent of Meeting, the priests sprinkle its blood, and the fat and inner parts are burned as food made by fire to Yahweh.
Leviticus 2 Meal Offering Fine Flour Oil
Leviticus 2 gives instructions for the meal offering, made of fine flour with oil and frankincense, brought to the priests and burned in part on the altar. It specifies various forms of preparation, forbids yeast and honey, and requires salt in every offering.
Leviticus 1: Offerings and Atonement
Leviticus 1 records Yahweh speaking to Moses from the Tent of Meeting, giving instructions for burnt offerings from the herd, flock, or birds. It describes the required male without defect, the laying on of hands, the killing and sprinkling of blood, and the burning of the whole offering as a pleasing aroma to Yahweh.
Exodus 40: Tabernacle Raised and Filled
Exodus 40 describes Moses setting up the tabernacle exactly as Yahweh commanded, anointing it and the priests, and then Yahweh's glory filling it. The cloud and fire then guided Israel's journeys.
Exodus 39: Garments and Tabernacle Completed
Exodus 39 records the completion of the priestly garments and the tabernacle furnishings, exactly as Yahweh commanded Moses. The chapter ends with Moses inspecting the work and blessing the people.
Exodus 38: Altar, Court, and Materials
Exodus 38 records the construction of the altar of burnt offering, the bronze basin, and the court of the tabernacle, along with a summary of the materials used. It emphasizes obedience to Yahweh's commands and the participation of the whole congregation through their offerings.
Exodus 37: Building the Ark and Lampstand
Exodus 37 describes Bezalel constructing the ark of the covenant, the table for showbread, the golden lampstand, and the altar of incense, using acacia wood and pure gold. It emphasizes careful craftsmanship and obedience to the divine instructions given earlier.