Leviticus.
Holiness — what it means for a people to live with the holy God in their midst.
Who wrote Leviticus?
Traditionally Moses; scholars locate the priestly material in the post-exilic period.
Who was it written for?
The priests of Israel and through them the whole people.
Structure
- Sacrificial laws (1–7)
- The priesthood (8–10)
- Clean and unclean (11–15)
- The Day of Atonement (16)
- The Holiness Code (17–26)
- Vows and tithes (27)
Key verses
Why Leviticus matters
Leviticus reads slowly because its world is foreign to ours. But the book is fundamentally about the same problem the gospel addresses: how can a holy God dwell with a sinful people? The sacrificial system, the priesthood, and the Day of Atonement are not arbitrary cultic rules — they are God's answer to that question, and Hebrews argues that Christ fulfils what Leviticus pictures.
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