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Leviticus Background
The Priestly Laws

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III.
OUTLINE.

A.
BASIC DIVISIONS. (27 Chapters)
 
1.
Clearly Chapter 16, with its laws on man's atonement, can be seen as the con center, the linchpin, of the entire corpus. Man's right standing is paramount in the successful discharge of all others. Both ceremonial and internal purity would be essential in their relationship.
 
2.
Therefore, A GENERAL OUTLINE, or division is offered:

Pre-Communal Preparation   (Laws Relating to Cultic Worship)
 
1
-
15
Atonement   (Communion)
 
 
16
 
Post-Communal Behavior   (Laws Relating to Cultic Life)
 
17
-
27

B.
A WORKING OUTLINE.
 
1.   PRE-COMMUNAL PREPARATION   1 - 15
Sacrificial Laws (5 Basic Categories)
Burnt Offerings
1:1
--
1:17
Meal Offerings
2:1
--
2:16
Peace Offerings
3:1
--
3:17
Sin Offerings   (of Ignorance)
4:1
--
4:35
Trespass Offerings   (of Guilt)
5:1
--
5:19

Atonement for Trespasses
6:1
--
6:7

Dispositional Laws
6:8
--
7:38
For Burnt Offerings
6:8
--
6:13
For Meal Offerings
6:14
--
6:23
For Sin Offerings
6:24
--
6:30
For Trespass Offerings
7:1
--
7:10
For Peace Offerings
7:11
--
7:34

Consecration of Aaronic Priesthood
8:1
--
8:36

Institution of Sacrificial Worship
9:1
--
9:24

Results of First Worship & Addendums
10:1
--
10:20

Ceremonial Purity
11
--
15
Clean & Unclean Meats
11:1
--
11:47
Postnatal Purification
12:1
--
12:8
Leprosy
13:1
--
14:57
Male & Female Secretions
15:1
--
15:33

2.   ATONEMENT   (Communion) 16

3.   POST-COMMUNAL BEHAVIOR   17 - 27
Blood Laws
17:1
--
17:16
Sexual Laws
18:1
--
18:30
Sundry Law
19:1
--
19:37
Death Penalties
20:1
--
20:27
Priestly Laws
21:1
--
22:33
Festival Laws
23:1
--
23:44
Addendums
24:1
--
24:23
Sabbatical & Jubilee Laws
25:1
--
25:55
Warnings, Blessings, & Curses
26:1
--
26:46
Addendums
27:1
--
27:34

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