Leviticus 17
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Leviticus 17 is a chapter in the Hebrew Bible that sets out laws concerning the proper place and manner of animal sacrifice and the prohibition against consuming blood.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Leviticus 17 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4918163 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Leviticus 17 Context triple: [Leviticus 16, precedes, Leviticus 17]
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A.
Leviticus 19
Leviticus 19 is a key chapter in the Hebrew Bible that outlines the “Holiness Code,” emphasizing ethical conduct, social justice, and love of neighbor as central to Israel’s covenantal life.
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B.
Leviticus 16
Leviticus 16 is the biblical chapter that details the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) rituals, including the high priest’s sacrifices and the scapegoat ceremony for Israel’s sins.
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C.
Book of Leviticus
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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D.
Leviticus 23
Leviticus 23 is a chapter in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that outlines Israel’s appointed festivals and sacred days, including weekly Sabbaths and annual feasts.
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E.
Homilies on Leviticus
Homilies on Leviticus is an early Christian series of sermons, traditionally attributed to Origen, offering allegorical and theological interpretations of the biblical Book of Leviticus.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Leviticus 17 Target entity description: Leviticus 17 is a chapter in the Hebrew Bible that sets out laws concerning the proper place and manner of animal sacrifice and the prohibition against consuming blood.
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A.
Leviticus 19
Leviticus 19 is a key chapter in the Hebrew Bible that outlines the “Holiness Code,” emphasizing ethical conduct, social justice, and love of neighbor as central to Israel’s covenantal life.
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B.
Leviticus 16
Leviticus 16 is the biblical chapter that details the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) rituals, including the high priest’s sacrifices and the scapegoat ceremony for Israel’s sins.
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C.
Book of Leviticus
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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D.
Leviticus 23
Leviticus 23 is a chapter in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that outlines Israel’s appointed festivals and sacred days, including weekly Sabbaths and annual feasts.
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E.
Homilies on Leviticus
Homilies on Leviticus is an early Christian series of sermons, traditionally attributed to Origen, offering allegorical and theological interpretations of the biblical Book of Leviticus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chapter of the Bible
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chapter of the Book of Leviticus ⓘ |
| addressesPractice |
atonement through blood
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eating blood ⓘ handling of hunted game ⓘ offering sacrifices at the tabernacle ⓘ prohibition of sacrifices outside the sanctuary ⓘ slaughter of domestic animals ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Israelites
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
resident aliens in Israel ⓘ |
| associatedWithFigure | Moses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus |
canonical in Christian Old Testament
ⓘ
canonical in Jewish Bible ⓘ |
| divineSpeaker | YHWH NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Leviticus 18 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Leviticus 16 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | legal text ⓘ |
| influencedDoctrine |
Christian debates on food and blood consumption
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Jewish dietary laws on blood ⓘ |
| keyVerse | Leviticus 17:11 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Biblical Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalCategory |
dietary restriction
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ritual law ⓘ sacrificial law ⓘ |
| locatedInTextualUnit | Holiness Code NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionsConcept |
burnt offerings
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peace offerings ⓘ uncleanness from carcasses ⓘ |
| mentionsLocation | tent of meeting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Book of Leviticus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Old Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ Pentateuch NERFINISHED ⓘ Torah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| penaltyDescribed | being cut off from the people ⓘ |
| positionInWork | 17 ⓘ |
| primaryTheme |
centralization of sacrificial worship
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laws about animal sacrifice ⓘ prohibition of consuming blood ⓘ |
| prohibits |
eating any manner of blood
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offering sacrifices in the open field ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
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Judaism ⓘ |
| requires | bringing slaughtered animals to the tent of meeting ⓘ |
| setting | wilderness period of Israel ⓘ |
| states | the life of the flesh is in the blood ⓘ |
| theologicalEmphasis |
blood as means of atonement
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exclusive worship of YHWH ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Leviticus 17 Description of subject: Leviticus 17 is a chapter in the Hebrew Bible that sets out laws concerning the proper place and manner of animal sacrifice and the prohibition against consuming blood.
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