OUTLINE OF LEVITICUS

LEVITICUS (From Greek LXX - that which pertains to the Levites)

1. The Way to God (1:1--17:16)
   
   1. The Law of offerings (1:1--7:38)
      
      1. The burnt offerings (1:1-17)
         
      2. The cereal offering (2:1-16)
         
      3. The peace offering (3:1-17)
         
      4. The sin offering (4:1--5:13)
         
      5. The trespass offering (5:14--6:7)
         
      6. Supplementary laws (6:8--7:27)
         
      7. The wave offering (7:28-38)
      
      
   2. The consecration of the priests (8:1--10:20)
      
      1. The consecration of Aaron and his sons (8:1-36)
         
      2. The first offering of Aaron and his sons (9:1-24)
         
      3. The sacrilege of Nadab and Abihu (10:1-20)
      
      
   3. The Laws of purification (11:1--15:33)
      
      1. Clean and unclean animals (11:1-47)
         
      2. Purification of a woman after childbirth (12:1-8)
         
      3. The laws of leprosy (13:1--14:57)
         
      4. Purification from bodily secretions (15:1-33)
      
      
   4. The Day of Atonement (16:1-34)
      
   5. The blood of sacrifice (17:1-16)
   
   
2. The Way with God (18:1--27:34)
   
   1. Heathen practices forbidden (18:1-30)
      
   2. The Law of holiness (19:1--22:33)
      
      1. For the congregation (19:1--20:27) Holy people
         
      2. For the priests (21:1--22:33) Holy priests
      
      
   3. The Law of feasts (23:1-44)
      
      1. Sabbath (23:1-3)
         
      2. Passover (23:4-8)
         
      3. Harvest festivals (23:9-44)
      
      
   4. Miscellaneous laws (24:1-23)
      
      1. Lamps (24:1-4)
         
      2. Shewbread (24:5-9)
         
      3. Blasphemy punished (24:10-23)
      
      
   5. The Law of the Land (25:1-55)
      
      1. The sabbatical year (25:1-7)
         
      2. The year of jubilee (25:8-55)
      
      
   6. Blessing and Curses (26:1-46)
      
   7. Appendix: Vows and Tithes (27:1-34)