[Expositor's Bible Commentary 01] • Leviticus by Tremper Longman, III -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Copyright Page Contents Contributors Preface Abbreviations Leviticus Introduction I. THE OFFERINGS (1:1–7:38)

A. The Offerings from the People’s Perspective (1:1–6:7 [1:1–5:26])

1. Introduction and the Burnt Offering (1:1–17)

a. Introduction (1:1–2) b. The burnt offering (1:3–17)

i. The offering of cattle (1:3–9) ii. The offering of sheep and goats (1:10–13) iii. The offering of the birds (1:14–17)

2. The Grain Offering (2:1–16)

a. The offering of uncooked grain (2:1–3) b. The offering of cooked grain (2:4–10) c. The offering must be without yeast (2:11–13) d. The offering of firstfruits (2:14–16)

3. The Fellowship Offering (3:1–17) 4. The Purification Offering (4:1–5:13)

a. Introduction (4:1–2) b. The general purification offering (4:3–35) c. Conditions requiring purification (5:1–4) d. The purification offering for sins of 5:5–13

5. The Reparation Offering (5:14–6:7 [5:14–26])

B. The Offerings from the Priests’ Perspective (6:8–7:38 [6:1–7:38])

1. The Burnt Offering (6:8–13 [6:1–6]) 2. The Grain Offering (6:14–23 [6:7–16]) 3. The Purification Offering (6:24–30 [6:17–23]) 4. The Reparation Offering (7:1–6) 5. The Offering Remains That Belong to the Priests: A Summary (7:7–10) 6. The Fellowship Offering (7:11–34) 7. Conclusion of the Offerings from the Priests’ Perspective (7:35–36) 8. Conclusion to the Offerings (7:37–38)

II. THE ORDINATION AND SERVICE OF THE PRIESTS (8:1–10:20)

A. The Ordination of the Priests (8:1–36)

1. The Public Presentation of the Priests and the Items (8:1–4) 2. The Priestly Robing and Anointing (8:5–13) 3. The Offerings (8:14–29) 4. The Consecration (8:30–35) 5. The Conclusion (8:36)

B. The Beginning of the Priestly Service (9:1–24)

1. The Instructions (9:1–7) 2. The Offerings for Aaron the Priest (9:8–14) 3. The Offerings for the People of Israel (9:15–21) 4. Conclusion: The Priestly Blessing and the Glory of the Lord (9:22–24)

C. Violation of the Sacrifices: The Deaths of the Priest’s Two Sons (10:1–20)

1. The Sin of Nadab and Abihu and Its Consequences (10:1–7) 2. Instructions for the Priests (10:8–11) 3. The Priests Complete Their Consecration (10:12–20)

III. LAWS OF CLEANNESS AND UNCLEANNESS (11:1–15:33)

A. Food (11:1–47)

1. Introduction (11:1–2a) 2. Land Animals, Part I: Quadrupeds (11:2b–8) 3. Water Animals (11:9–12) 4. Birds and Winged Insects (11:13–25) 5. Land Animals, Part II (11:26–45) 6. Summary of the Law of Unclean Animals (11:46–47)

B. Childbirth (12:1–8) C. Skin Diseases Diagnosed (13:1–59)

1. General Skin Disease (13:1–8) 2. White Swelling Skin Disease (13:9–11) 3. Spreading Skin Disease (13:12–17) 4. Boils (13:18–23) 5. Burns (13:24–28) 6. Head Sore (13:29–37) 7. White Spots (13:38–39) 8. Sore on a Bald Spot (13:40–44) 9. Rules for Living with an Infectious Skin Disease (13:45–46) 10. Mildew (13:47–59)

D. Cleanness from Skin Diseases (14:1–57)

1. Introduction (14:1–2a) 2. Cleaning of the Person with Skin Disease (14:2b–20) 3. Cleaning of a Poor Person with Skin Disease (14:21–32) 4. Diagnosis and Treatment of Mildew in Buildings (14:33–53) 5. Summary and Conclusion of Skin Diseases (14:54–57)

E. Cleanness from Bodily Discharges (15:1–33)

1. Introduction (15:1–2a) 2. Male Chronic Emission (15:2b–15) 3. Male Emission of Semen (15:16–17) 4. Sexual Relations (15:18) 5. Female Menstrual Period (15:19–24) 6. Female Chronic Diseases (15:25–30) 7. Summary (15:31–33)

IV. THE DAY OF ATONEMENT (16:1–34)

A. Introduction: The Words of God (16:1–2a) B. The Preparation of the Priest (16:2b–5) C. Selection of the Sacrifices (16:6–10) D. The Purification Offering of the Priest (16:11–14) E. The Purification Offering of Israel and the Atonement of the Holy Place (16:15–19) F. Atonement for Israel (16:20–22) G. The Aftermath: Returning from God’s Presence (16:23–28) H. The Continuing Responsibility of Israel and the Priest (16:29–34)

V. THE HOLINESS CODE (17:1–26:46)

A. Prohibitions concerning the Eating of Meat and Blood (17:1–16)

1. Prohibition of Sacrificial Animal Slaughter (17:1–7) 2. Prohibition of Animal Sacrifices (17:8–9) 3. Prohibition against Eating Blood (17:10–12) 4. The Blood of Hunted Animals (17:13–14) 5. Improperly Butchered Animals (17:15–16)

B. Illicit Sexual Unions (18:1–30)

1. Command for Exclusive Loyalty to God (18:1–5) 2. Improper Unions among Kin (18:6–18) 3. Other Improper Unions (18:19–23) 4. Recapitulation of Command to Devote Exclusive Loyalty to God (18:24–30)

C. A Summary of the Ceremonial and Ethical Law (19:1–37)

1. Command to Holiness (19:1–2) 2. Religious Concerns of Holiness (19:3–8 [Dt 24:19–22; 27:15–18]) 3. Ethical Concerns of Holiness (19:9–18) 4. Ceremonial and Cultic Concerns (19:19–31 [Dt 22:9–11]) 5. Matters of Ethics and Justice (19:32–36 [Dt 25:13–26]) 6. Summary (19:37)

D. Israel’s Holiness in the Family (20:1–27)

1. Introduction (20:1–2a) 2. Molech (20:2b–5) 3. Mediums and Spiritists (20:6) 4. Holiness and Obedience (20:7–9) 5. Sexual Sin (20:10–21) 6. Obedience and Holiness (20:22–26) 7. Mediums and Spiritists (20:27)

E. Qualifications for a Priest (21:1–22:16)

1. Purity (21:1–24)

a. Instructions for the priests (21:1a) b. Mourning (21:1b–6) c. Prostitution (21:7–9) d. Mourning rituals for the high priest (21:10–12) e. Marriage for the high priest (21:13–15) f. Defects (21:16–23) g. Conclusion (21:24)

2. Diet (22:1–16)

a. Who may eat the offerings: priests (22:1–9) b. Who may eat the offerings: others (22:10–16)

F. Sacrificial Animals and Thank Offerings (22:17–33)

1. Acceptable Animals for Sacrifice (22:17–25) 2. Slaughtering Families of Animals and Eating Thank Offerings (22:26–30) 3. Conclusion (22:31–33)

G. Cultic Calendar (23:1–44)

1. Introduction (23:1–2a) 2. Sabbath (23:2b–3) 3. Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread (23:4–14) 4. The Feast of Weeks (23:15–22) 5. Day of Trumpets (23:23–25) 6. Day of Atonement (23:26–32) 7. The Feast of Tabernacles (23:33–36) 8. Other Feasts (23:37–38) 9. The Feast of Yahweh (23:39–43) 10. Conclusion (23:44)

H. Holiness at the Sanctuary: Lamps, Bread, and Blasphemy (24:1–23)

1. The Continually Burning Lamp (24:1–4) 2. The Bread of God’s Presence (24:5–9) 3. The Blasphemer (24:10–23) I. Holiness of the Land (25:1–55) 1. Sabbatical Year (25:1–7) 2. Year of Jubilee (25:8–13) 3. Leasing the Land (25:14–17) 4. Rewards for Obedience (25:18–19) 5. Provision without Planting (25:20–22) 6. Divine Ownership of the Land (25:23–24) 7. Purchase of Leased Land before the Jubilee (25:25–28) 8. Selling Houses (25:29–34) 9. Debt Slavery (25:35–43) 10. Non-Israelite Slaves (25:44–46) 11. Slave Holders (25:47–55)

J. Blessings and Curses (26:1–46)

1. Idolatry, Sabbaths, and Sanctuary (26:1–2) 2. Blessings for Faithfulness (26:3–13) 3. Curses for Disobedience: Disease and Defeat (26:14–17) 4. Further Curses for Disobedience: Drought and Sterility of Land (26:18–20) 5. Further Curses for Disobedience: Wild Animals (26:21–22) 6. Further Curses for Disobedience: Destruction, Plague, and Famine (26:23–26) 7. Further Curses for Disobedience: Annihilation and Deportation (26:27–39) 8. Repentance and Forgiveness (26:40–43) 9. God’s Faithfulness (26:44–45) 10. Conclusion (26:46)

VI. ADDENDUM ON VOWS AND THINGS DEDICATED AND DEVOTED (27:1–34)

A. Vows (27:1–13) B. Dedicated Property (27:14–27) C. Devoted Items and People (27:28–29) D. Tithes (27:30–33) E. Conclusion (27:34)

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