Book of Leviticus

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Book of the Bible Old Testament book Torah book

The Book of Leviticus is the third book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, primarily detailing laws, rituals, and priestly regulations for the Israelites.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Book of Leviticus canonical	40
Leviticus	17
Holiness Code	2
Holiness code	1
Leviticus 16	1
Leviticus 8	1
Old Testament priesthood	1
Vayikra	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Book of the Bible ⓘ Old Testament book ⓘ Torah book ⓘ
canonicalStatus	canonical in Catholicism ⓘ canonical in Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ canonical in Judaism ⓘ canonical in Protestantism ⓘ
chapterCount	27 ⓘ
containsTheme	atonement ⓘ ethical holiness ⓘ holiness ⓘ priesthood ⓘ ritual purity ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ
followedBy	Book of Numbers ⓘ
follows	Book of Exodus ⓘ
genre	priestly instruction ⓘ religious law ⓘ
hebrewTitle	Book of Leviticus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Vayikra
hebrewTitleMeaning	“And He called” ⓘ
influenced	Christian moral theology ⓘ Jewish halakhic tradition ⓘ
keyConcept	Yom Kippur ⓘ surface form: Day of Atonement Sabbath and festivals ⓘ clean and unclean ⓘ dietary laws ⓘ priestly consecration ⓘ sacrificial offerings ⓘ sexual ethics ⓘ
liturgicalUse	read in Christian liturgy ⓘ read in Jewish synagogue lectionary ⓘ
mainFocus	holiness code ⓘ laws for the Israelites ⓘ priestly regulations ⓘ purity laws ⓘ ritual regulations ⓘ sacrificial system ⓘ
notableChapter	Leviticus 16 ⓘ Leviticus 19 ⓘ
openingWords	“And the Lord called unto Moses” ⓘ
partOf	Bible ⓘ surface form: Christian Old Testament Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Five Books of Moses ⓘ surface form: Pentateuch Tanakh ⓘ Torah ⓘ
positionInCanon	3 ⓘ
primaryLanguage	Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ Samaritanism ⓘ
section	Book of Leviticus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Holiness Code Priestly laws ⓘ
traditionalAuthor	Moses ⓘ

Referenced by (64)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Book of Exodus → followedBy → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

Holy Orders → isPrefiguredBy → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Testament priesthood

Yom Kippur → biblicalSource → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leviticus 16

Eastern Orthodox canon → includesBook → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leviticus

Torah → containsBook → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leviticus

Jewish feast of Shavuot → biblicalSource → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

subject surface form: Shavuot

Tanakh → contains → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

Shavuot → biblicalSource → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

Mount Sinai → scripturalBook → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

Moses → attributedAuthorship → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

Leviticus 23:23–25 → partOf → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

Leviticus 23:23–25 → book → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leviticus

Lecha Dodi → scripturalAllusion → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leviticus

Midrash halakha → primarilyOn → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leviticus

Covenant Code → comparedWith → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Holiness Code

Book of Leviticus → section → Book of Leviticus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Holiness Code

Book of Leviticus → hebrewTitle → Book of Leviticus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vayikra

Leviticus 23:26–32 → partOf → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

Leviticus 23:26–32 → book → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leviticus

Roman Catholic biblical canon → includesBook → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leviticus

Holy Place → describedIn → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

The Scapegoat → basedOn → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

Leviticus 23:33–43 → partOf → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

Leviticus 23:33–43 → book → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leviticus

Aaronic priesthood → scripturalBasis → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

Aaronic priesthood → mentionedIn → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leviticus 8

Book of Numbers → precededBy → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

Five Books of Moses → hasPart → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

Weeks → scripturalSource → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

Liberty Bell → inscriptionSource → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

Revelation at Mount Sinai → describedIn → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

Priestly code → foundIn → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

Priestly code → relatedConcept → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Holiness code

Table of the Shewbread → mentionedIn → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

Family purity laws → sourceText → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leviticus

Holy of Holies → describedIn → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

Aaron → mentionedIn → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

Sifra → basedOn → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

Sifra → scripturalScope → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leviticus

Mosaic covenant → scripturalBasis → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

Tabernacle → describedIn → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

Leviticus 16 → partOf → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

Leviticus 19 → partOf → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

Torah commentary of Ramban → commentaryOn → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leviticus

Protestant Bible → containsBook → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leviticus

Noam Elimelech → hasCommentaryOn → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

Leviticus 23 → partOf → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

Leviticus 23 → locatedInText → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leviticus

Kedushat Levi → commentaryOn → Book of Leviticus ⓘ

Eleazar the priest → scripturalMention → Book of Leviticus ⓘ