Quick Information on Leviticus

Author: Moses
Original audience: Israelites who came out of Egypt under Moses
Date written: 1300s or 1500s
Genre(s): Legal code, Religious code, historical narrative
Theme(s): God’s Law
Chapters: 27
Verses: 859

Outline of Leviticus

1. Offerings (1:1-7:38)
   1. The burnt offering (1:1-1:17)
   2. The grain offering (2:1-2:16)
   3. The peace offering (3:1-3:17)
   4. The sin offering (4:1-5:13)
   5. The guilt offering (5:14-6:7)
   6. Law of the burnt offering (6:8-6:13)
   7. Law of the grain offering (6:14-6:23)
   8. Law of the sin offering (6:24-6:30)
   9. Law of the guilt offering(7:1-7:10)
   10. Law of the peace offering (7:11-7:36)
   11. List of the five offerings (7:37-7:38)
2. The first priests: Aaron and his sons (8:1-10:20)
   1. Moses consecrates Aaron and his sons (8:1-8:36)
   2. Aaron’s offering (9:1-9:24)
   3. Nadab and Abihu offer unauthorized fire (10:1-10:20)
3. Laws relating to ceremonial cleanness and uncleanness (11:1-15:33)
   1. Animals (11:1-11:47)
   2. New mothers (12:1-12:8)
   3. Leprosy (13:1-14:32)
   4. Houses (14:33-14:57)
   5. Bodily discharges (15:1-15:33)
4. The Day of Atonement (16:1-16:34)
5. Laws on sacrifices (17:1-17:9)
6. Law against eating blood (17:10-17:16)
7. More Laws (18:1-22:33)
   1. Sexual behavior (18:1-18:30)
      1. Sexual prohibitions (18:1-18:23)
      2. Warning against violations (18:24-18:30)
   2. Holiness (19:1-27:34)
      1. The Lord is Holy (19:1-19:8)
      2. How to treat your neighbor (19:9-19:18)
      3. Various laws (19:19-19:37)
      4. Punishments (20:1-20:21)
         1. Punishment for child sacrifice (20:1-20:9)
         2. Punishment for Sexual immorality (20:10-21)
      5. Be holy (20:22-20:27)
      6. Laws for priests (21:1-22:33)
         1. Priestly holiness (21:1-21:24)
         2. Leprosy, eating, etc (22:1-22:16)
         3. Offerings (22:17-22:33)
   3. Various feasts (23:1-23:44)
      1. Sabbath (23:1-23:3)
      2. Passover (23:4-23:8)
      3. Firstfruits (23:9-23:22)
      4. Trumpets (23:23-23:25)
      5. Atonement (23:26-23:32)
      6. Booths (23:33-23:44)
   4. Laws regarding the lamps (24:1-24:4)
   5. Laws regarding bread for the tabernacle (24:5-24:9)
   6. Blasphemy laws (24:10-24:16)
   7. Lex Talionis (24:17-24:23)
   8. The Sabbath year (25:1-25:7)
   9. The year of Jubilee (25:8-25:55)
   10. Blessings and punishment (26:1-26:46)
   11. Laws regarding vows (27:1-27:34)