Outline of Book, Leviticus (reference for Leviticus sermon)

Outline of the Book, Leviticus

Chapter 1: Burnt offerings (animals) Chapter 2-5: Oblations (agricultural offerings) Communion Sacrifice (peace offering) Sacrifice for Sin (guilt-offering) Sins of the high priest Sins of the community of Israel Sins of the leaders Sins of private individuals Examples requiring Sacrifice for Sin More sins of private individuals Sacrifice of Reparation (guilt offering) Chapter 6: Priesthood and sacrifice             Burnt offerings             Oblations (agriculture) Sacrifice for Sin Sacrifice of Reparation Rights of Priests Chapter 7: Communion Sacrifice             Sacrifice with Praise             Votive or Voluntary Sacrifices General Rules of sacrifice The Priest’s Portion (breast, right thigh) Chapters 8, 9, 10: Investiture of the Priests             Ordination             Functions of Priests             Legislation                         Exact observance lesson                         Removal of bodies                         Priestly mourning                         No wine at Tent of Meeting                         Priest’s portion of offerings (unleavened portion, breast and thigh)              Special regulations Chapter 11: Clean and Unclean  On land             In water             Birds             Winged insects             Contact with unclean animals             Small ground beasts             Further rules on contact with unclean things Chapter 12: Purification of a woman after childbirth            Chapter 13-14: Human leprosy                         Chronic leprosy                         Boils                         Burns                         Diseases of scalp and chin                         Rash                         Loss of hair                         Regulation for lepers                         Leprosy of clothes                         Purification of lepers Leprosy of houses

Chapter 15: Sexual impurities of men Sexual impurities of women Chapter 16: A great Day of Atonement Chapter 17: The Law of Holiness             Immolation and sacrifice Chapter 18: Rules for conjugal relationships Chapter 19:Worship Chapter 20:  Penalties                         Offences against true worship                         Offences against the family The clean and the unclean Chapter 21: The Priesthood             The Priests             The high Priest             Impediments to the priesthood Chapter 22: Holiness of the sacred meal             The priests             Lay people             Animals sacrificed Chapter 23-24: Rituals for annual feasts             The Sabbath             The Passover and feast of Unleavened bread             The first sheaf             The feast of Weeks             The first day of the Seventh Month             The Day of Atonement             The Feast of Tabernacles             Repeat of Feast of Tabernacles             The perpetual flame             The bread on the Golden Table             Blasphemy and retaliation             The Holy Years                         The Sabbatical Year                         The Year of Jubilee                         The divine guarantee Chapter 25, middle: Consequences of the holy land and people             Redemption of landed property             The people: loans and enfranchisement Chapter 26: Conclusion Blessings             Curses Chapter 27: Valuations:             People             Animals             Homes             Fields Chapter 27, end: Redemption rules:             First-born             Banned creatures             Tithing