Leviticus Outlined
I. About Sacrifices (1:1 to 7:38)
A. Burnt offering (1:1-17)
1. Offering of a bullock
a. The animal’s body was consumed entirely
in the fire
b. It was a free will offering - surrender of
life and will to God (1:2-3) Christ freely gives His life John 10:15-18
c. It was the giving of something of value (1:3)
d. It was an atonement (1:4)
e. It was deliberate and meditative (1:4-5)
f. The hide was given to the priest (1:6; 7:8)
2. Offering of sheep and goats (1:10-13) Lamb without
spot or blemish as Christ I Peter 1:19
3. Offering of fowls (1:14-17)
B. Meat (meal) offering, bloodless and voluntary
homage (2:1-16)
1. The priest burned a portion and retained
the balance (2:2-3)
2. Offering of unleavened cakes (biscuits, or
pancakes ( 2:4-10)
3. Leaven and honey forbidden to be burned on
the altar (2:11)
4. Leaven and honey may be offered, but not burned
(2:12)
5. Offerings to be made with salt (2:13)
6. Corn (grain) offered with frankincense and
oil (2:14-16)
C. Peace offering (3:1-17)
1. Offering of the herd – male or female
- bull, calf, cow, ox - (3:1-5)
2. Offering of the flock – lamb (3:6-11)
3. Offering of goat (3:12-16)
4. Forbidden to eat fat or blood (3:17)
D. Sin offering (4:1 to 5:13)
1. If the sin is done through ignorance
(4:2)
2. If a high priest sin (4:3-12)
3. If the whole congregation of Israel sin (4:13-21)
4. If a ruler sin (4:22-26)
5. If a common person sin (4:27-35)
6. Three specific things requiring a sin offering
(5:1-6)
7. Concessions made to poverty (5:7-13)
E. Trespass offering (5:14 to 6:7)
1. If the trespass is done through ignorance
(5:14)
2. Failing to pay tithes and offering to Jehovah
(5:15-19)
3. Dealing falsely with a neighbor (6:1-7)
F. Additional rules concerning sacrifices (6:8 to
7:38)
1. Fire of the altar to never go out
(6:8-13)
2. Priestly portion of meat (meal) offering (6:14-18)
3. Priestly offering of meal (cereal) (6:19-23)
4. Priests portion and handling of sin offering
(6:24-30)
5. Further rules for trespass offerings (7:1-7)
6. Skin of burnt offering belongs to priest (7:8)
7. Instructions to priests for handling sacrifices
(7:9-21)
8. Not to eat the fat of a sacrifice nor any
blood ever (7:22-27)
9. Portion of peach offering belong to the priests
(7:28-34)
10. Conclusion of the section on sacrifices (7:35-38)
II. Priestly System
(8:1 to 10:20)
A. Consecration of Aaron and his sons
(8:1-36) Christ is our High Priest Hebrews 3:1, Hebrews 5:1-10, and Hebrews
9:11. We are Priest I Peter 2:5, and Revelation 1:6.
1. Anointing of Aaron and his sons (8:1-13)
2. Sin offering for Aaron and his sons (8:14-17)
3. Burnt offering for Aaron and his sons (8:18-21)
4. Ram of consecration offered for Aaron and
his sons (8:22-30)
B. Aaron’s offerings for himself and the people (9:1-21)
C. Priestly blessing of the people (9:22-23)
D. Jehovah accepts the sacrifices by fire (9:24)
E. Historical section (10:1-20)
1. Sin and punishment of Nadab and Abihu,
sons of Aaron (10:1-7)
2. Law of wine and strong drink for the priests
(10:8-9) THINK ABOUT THIS: We are Priest as shown in point II. Our
body is our temple I Corinthians 6:19. Our bodies should be holy
Romans 12:1-2. Should we drink wine? NO! Other than that look
at other warnings Proverbs 20:1 and Proverbs 23:29-35
3. Distinguish between holy and unholy (10:10)
4. Priests to be teachers of the people (10:11)
We too need to be teachers of the people Matthew 28:19, II Timothy 2:2
and I Peter 3:15
5. Law of priests eating holy things (10:12-20)
III. Concerning
Purity 11:1 – 17:16
A. Laws of purity for Israel (11:1
to 15:33)
1. Ceremonial uncleanness (11:1 to 15)
a. Unclean beasts that may not be eaten
(11:2-47)
b. Purification following childbirth (12:1-8)
c. Laws concerning leprosy (13:1-59)
d. Ceremonial cleansing for leprosy (14:1-57)
2. Issues from human body (15:1-33)
B. Day of atonement (16:1-34)
1. Forbidden to enter holy place within
the vail (16:2)
2. Bathing and dressing (16:4)
3. Sin offering for self (16:6)
4. Sin offering for people (16:5)
5. Cast lots for two goats – one sacrificed and
one released (16:5-8)
6. Sacrificed the bullock (16:11)
7. Holy place within the vail with censer and
incense (16:12-13)
8. Return to Holy of Holies with bullock’s blood
(16:14)
9. Came out into court and killed the goat (16:15)
10. Return to Holy of Holies with goat’s blood
(16:15)
11. Purified tabernacle (16:16-17)
12. Blood placed on horns of the altar (16:18-19)
13. Remaining goat released (16:20-22)
14. Bathed again and changed his clothes (16:23)
15. Sacrificed two rams (16:24-25)
16. He that released the scapegoat shall wash
(16:26)
17. Remainder of sin offerings burned without
the camp (16:27-28)
18. Everlasting statute (16:29-34)
C. Various laws concerning sacrifices (17:1-16)
1. No sacrifices allowed away from the
tabernacle (17:1-9)
2. No eating of blood (17:10-14)
3. Eating that which died of itself, or was torn
(17:15-16)
IV. Morality (18:1 to 27:34)
A. Unlawful marriages and lusts (18:1-30)
1. Incest forbidden (18:6)
2. Homosexuality forbidden (18:22)
3. Bestiality forbidden (18:23)
B. Various laws governing moral uncleanness (19:1
to 20:27)
C. Rules governing behavior of priests (21:1
to 22:16)
D. Rules for sacrifices (22:17-33)
E. Feasts and holy days (23:1-44)
1. Seventh day sabbath (23:3)
2. Passover (23:4-14)
3. Pentecost, or first fruits (23:15-21)
4. Feast of trumpets, New Year’s day of civil
year (23:22-25)
5. Day of atonement (23:26-32)
6. Feast of tabernacles (lived in booths) (23:33-44)
F. Sundry rules (24:1-23)
1. Oil for the tabernacle lamps (24:1-8)
2. Twelve cakes of fine flour - shewbread (24:5-9)
3. Blaspheming God punished by death (24:10-16)
4. Eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth (24:17-23)
G. Sabbatical year – every seven years (25:1-7)
H. Year of Jubilee – every fiftieth year (25:8-24)
1. Treatment of the poor (25:25-28)
2. Land sold and redeemed (25:29-34)
3. No usury to be taken of a brother (25:35-38)
4. Treatment of a brother Jew (25:39-46)
5. Redeeming Jews sold to non-Jews (25:47-55)
I. Promises and warnings (26:1-46)
1. Blessing for obedience (26:1-13)
2. A curse for disobedience (26:14-46)
3. Blessings for obedience and curse for disobedience
is shared throughout the Old Testament and New Testament – Genesis 22:18,
Deuteronomy 11:27-28, Job 36:11-12, II Thessalonians 1:8-9, and I Peter
4:17.
J. Vows and tithes (27:1-3
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