LEVITICUS OUTLINE

-Ralph Johnson

 

Theme: Laws for the Levites, the priestly tribe. 

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KEY WORDS

OUTLINE

 

 

I.         LAWS CONCERNING OFFERINGS

1:

Burnt offerings

A.      GENERAL

1.        BURNT-OFFERINGS (Morning & evening at main altar)

a.        Herd (3-9)

b.       Flock (10-13)

c.        Birds (14-17)

2:

Meal offerings

2.        MEAL-OFFERING  

No leaven or honey. Must be salted

3:

Peace offerings

3.        PEACE-OFFERINGS

4:

Sin offerings

4.        SIN-OFFERING (Unwitting sin) (4:1—5:13)

a.        Priest (3-12)

b.       Whole congregation (13-21)

c.        Ruler (22-26)

d.       Common people (27-35)

5:

Trespass offerings

       1)    Kinds of sins (5:1-13)

-Failing to reveal knowledge of a crime (1)

-Touching a carcass (2)

-Touching an unclean person (3)

-Swearing rashly (4)

2)    Kinds of offerings

5.        TRESPASS-OFFERING (unwitting sin) (5:14—6:7)

(Trespasses requiring restitution)

 a.    General (5:14-19)

6:

Priests

b.       Kinds of trespasses (6:1-7)

 

B.       RESPONSIBILITIES OF PRIESTS (6:8—7:36)

1.        Burnt-offerings (6:8-13)

2.        Meal-offerings (6:14-18)

3.        Offerings for Aaron and his sons (6:19-23)

4.        Sin-offerings (6:24-30)

7:

Priests

5.        Trespass-offerings (7:1-10)

6.        Peace-offering (7:11-21)

7.        No fat or blood to be eaten (7:22-27)

8.        Wave and Heave-offerings (Part of Peace-offering) (7:28-36)

Conclusion (7:37-38)

 

 

 

II.       LAWS CONCERNING HOLINESS

8:

Consecration

A.      Consecration of Aaron and his sons

1.  General consecration

9:

Aaron

2.        Aaron’s consecration

 

10:

Nadab & Abihu

B.       Violations of Nadab and Abihu.

1.        Burned for transgression –strange fire offered  (1-7)

2.        Warning, Priests not drink wine before entering (10:8-11)

3.        Meal-offering

4.        Wave breast

5.        Heave thigh (10:12-15)

6.        Moses angered at not finding goat for the Sin-offering

 

11:

Meats

C.       Laws concerning clean and unclean meats

 

12:

Birth

D.      Laws of purification at birth: Boys 7+33=40; Girls 14+66=80

 

13:

Leprosy

E.       Laws concerning leprosy

1.        Skin (1-46)

2.        Clothing (47-59)

14:

Leprosy

3.        Cleansing (1-32)

4.        Houses (33-53)

 

15:

Discharges

F.       Laws concerning fleshly discharges

1.        Flesh (1-15)

2.        Men’s seed (16-18)

3.        Women’s menstruation (19-24)

4.        Discharges of women at other times (25-30)

              Conclusion (31-33)

16:

Atonement
  1. Day of atonement

1.        Warning against careless entering of the Most Holy (1-2)

2.        Offerings (3-34)

Bullock for Sin-offering 

Ram for Burnt-offering

Two he-goats for Sin-offering (one to be let loose)

 

17:

Prohibitions
  1. Prohibitions

1.        Against private sacrifices (1-9)

2.        Against eating blood or things that die of themselves (10-16)

 

18:

Sexual sin
  1. Sexual abominations

1.        Incest (6-18)

2.        Violation of menstruation rules (19)

3.        Adultery (20)

4.        Children burnt to Moloch (21)

5.        Homosexuality (22)

6.        Sex with beasts (23)

7.        Warnings of the consequences (24-30)

 

19:

General laws
  1. General holiness

1.        Respect for parents (3)

2.        Keep the Sabbaths (3)

3.        Idolatry prohibited (4)

4.        Peace-offerings (5-8)

5.        Gleanings to be left for the poor (9-10)

6.        Stealing (11)

7.        Lying (11)

8.        Swearing falsely (12)

9.        Oppression or robbery forbidden (13)

10.     Employers not to withhold wages (13)

11.     Deaf not to be cursed (14)

12.     Blind not to be abused (14)

13.     Judgment must be fair (15)

14.     Talebearing (16)

15.     False-accusations (16)

16.     Do not hate your neighbor.  Speak up and try to solve the problem.  Do not take vengeance.  Love your neighbor as yourself.  (17-19)

17.     Do not cause confusion by mixing things of value.

Mixing cattle (19)

Mixing seed (19)

Mixing fibers in garments (19)

18.     Bondwoman’s seduction (20-22)

19.     First-fruits (23-25)

20.     Blood (26)

21.     Enchantments (26)

22.     Marring bodies or beards with cuts or marks (27-28)

23.     Profaning a daughter (29)

24.     Sabbaths kept (30)

25.     Sanctuary reverenced (30)

26.     Familiar spirits (31)

27.     Aged shown respect (32)

28.     Strangers not to be mistreated (33-34)

29.     Just measures to be maintained (35-37)

20:

General laws (cont.)

30.     Moloch idolatry prohibited (2-5)

31.     Familiar Spirits and wizards prohibited. (6)

32.     Sanctify yourselves (7-8)

33.     Cursing parents to receive death (9)

34.     Adultery to receive death (10)

35.     Incest (11-12, 17, 19-21)

36.     Homosexuality (13)

37.     Sex with a beast (15)

38.     Sex during menstruation prohibited (18)

39.     Do not observe the customs of the nations.  Distinguish between clean and unclean foods (22-26)

40.     Warning to be holy (22-26)

41.     Familiar spirits (27)

 

21:

Priests
  1. Priests to be holy

1.        Not to touch the dead (1-4)

2.        Not to mark themselves (5-6)

3.        Restrictions on who to marry (7-8)

4.        Daughters must be chaste (9)

 

  1. High Priest

1.        Must not defile himself for the dead (10-12)

2.        Restrictions on who to marry  (13-15)

3.        Blemishes not permitted (16-24)

22:

Holy things

5.        Holiness required (1-9)

 

  1. The Holy Things

1.        No stranger to eat of the holy things (22:10-16)

2.        No imperfect sacrifices to be offered (17-25)

3.        Rules for handling sacrificial animals (26-33)

 

23:

Feasts
  1. Feasts (cf. Num. chapters 28, 29)

1.        Sabbath (1-3)

2.        Passover (4-5)

3.        Unleavened bread (6-8)

4.        In Canaan (9-14)

5.        Pentecost (opening harvest) (15-21)

Leave corners of fields for poor (22)

6.        Trumpets (23-25)

7.        Atonement (26-32)

8.        Tabernacles (33-44)

 

24:

 

 

Blasphemy
  1. Care of the lamps and table of Shewbread (1-9)

 

III.     PROBLEM: Man blasphemes and curses (10-23)

A.      Problem presented (10-12)

B.       Judgment pronounced. Rules of judgment (13-22)

C.       Punishment imposed.  The man is stoned (23)

 

25:

Land

IV.    CONCLUDING LAWS

  1. Land must rest every seventh year (1-7)
  2. Jubilee every 50th year (8-34)

1.        Return of property (13-17)

2.        Trust God to provide (18-23)

3.        Land not to be sold in perpetuity (24-28)

4.        Property in the cities (29-34)

C.       Charging interest prohibited (35-38)

D.      Laws concerning slaves (39-55)

26:

Promises
  1. Promises and warnings to remain holy

1.        Reminder concerning idols, Sabbaths and sanctuary (2-3)

2.        Promises for faithfulness (3-13)

3.        Warning against unfaithfulness (14-46)

27:

Vows
  1. Vows and devoted things

1.        Vows (1-8)

2.        Rules concerning devoted things (9-33)

Concluding remarks (34)