The Book of Leviticus
Leviticus General Structure (per Jerusalem Bible)
I. The ritual of sacrifices
The animal sacrifices (Lev 1:1-1:17)
The grain offering (Lev 2:1-2:16)
The well-being offering (Lev 3:1-3:17)
The offering for unintentional sins (Lev 4:1-4:2)
The priests (Lev 4:3-4:12)
The assembly of Israel (Lev 4:13-4:21)
The ruler (Lev 4:22-4:26)
The ordinary person (Lev 4:27-4:35)
Sins that need a sin offering (Lev 5:1-5:6)
The sin offering of an ordinary person (Lev 5:7-5:13)
The sin offering (Lev 5:14-5:19)
The offering for a sin against your neighbor (Lev 5:20-5:26)
The priest and the burnt offering (Lev 6:1-6:6)
The grain offering ritual (Lev 6:7-6:16)
The sin offering ritual (Lev 6:17-6:23)
The guilt offering ritual (Lev 7:1-7:6)
The rights of priests (Lev 7:7-7:10)
The well-being offering ritual (Lev 7:11-7:15)
Spontaneous or free will offerings (Lev 7:16-7:18)
General food rules (Lev 7:19-7:27)
The portions for the priests (Lev 7:28-7:38)
II. The investiture of priests
The Ordination Ritual (Lev 8:1-8:36)
The priestly functions (Lev 9:1-9:24)
Death of Nadab and Abihu (Lev 10:1-10:5)
Special rules for mourning priests (Lev 10:6-10:7)
No wine drinking (Lev 10:8-10:11)
Priests and the offerings (Lev 10:12-10:15)
Problems with the sin offering (Lev 10:16-10:20)
III. The rules for clean and unclean items
The clean and unclean animals (Lev 11:1-11:8)
Fish and birds (Lev 11:9-11:19)
Winged insects (Lev 11:20-11:23)
Contact with unclean animals (Lev 11:24-11:28)
Swarming creatures (Lev 11:29-11:31)
Other rules for contact with unclean things (Lev 11:32-11:40)
Doctrinal considerations (Lev 11:41-11:45)
Conclusion (Lev 11:46-11:47)
Purification of females after birth (Lev 12:1-12:8)
The leprosy diagnosis (Lev 13:1-13:8)
Chronic lepers (Lev 13:9-13:17)
Boils (Lev 13:18-13:23)
Burns (Lev 13:24-13:28)
An itch in the head or beard (Lev 13:29-13:37)
Rashes and baldness (Lev 13:38-13:44)
Statutes about lepers (Lev 13:45-13:46)
Leprous clothing (Lev 13:47-13:59)
Ritual for the purification of lepers (Lev 14:1-14:32)
The leprous house (Lev 14:33-14:57)
Male sexual impurity (Lev 15:1-15:18)
Female sexual impurity (Lev 15:19-15:30)
Conclusion (Lev 15:31-15:33)
The Day of Atonement (Lev 16:1-16:34)
IV. The law of holiness
The sacrifices (Lev 17:1-17:16)
Conjugal sexual rules (Lev 18:1-18:30)
Elaboration on moral prescriptions (Lev 19:1-19:37)
The punishment for sacrificing to Molech (Lev 20:1-20:7)
The penalties for sexual misconduct (Lev 20:8-20:21)
Clean and unclean (Lev 20:22-20:25)
Holiness of Yahweh (Lev 20:26-20:27)
Holiness of the priests (Lev 21:1-21:9)
The high priest (Lev 21:10-21:15)
Infirmity as an impediment for the priests (Lev 21:16-21:24)
The holiness of the sacred priests (Lev 22:1-22:9)
Lay people (Lev 22:10-22:16)
Sacrificial animals (Lev 22:17-22:30)
Final exhortation (Lev 22:31-22:33)
The Sabbath and the rituals of the year (Lev 23:1-23:4)
The Feast of Passover and Unleavened Bread (Lev 23:5-23:8)
The Feast of the First Harvest (Lev 23:9-23:14)
The Feast of Weeks (Lev 23:15-23:22)
The Feast of Trumpets (Lev 23:23-23:25)
The Day of Atonement (Lev 23:26-23:32)
The Feast of Tents (Lev 23:33-23:36)
Conclusion of festivals (Lev 23:37-23:38)
Thanksgiving festival of Yahweh (Lev 23:39-23:44)
The perpetual flame (Lev 24:1-24:4)
Bread on the golden table (Lev 24:5-24:9)
Blasphemy and the law of retaliation (Lev 24:10-24:23)
Sabbatical year (Lev 25:1-25:7)
The Jubilee Year (Lev 25:8-25:19)
Divine guarantee (Lev 25:20-25:22)
Exchange of property (Lev 25:23-25:34)
Relatives and slaves (Lev 25:35-25:55)
Conclusion (Lev 26:1-26:2)
The blessings (Lev 26:3-26:13)
The curses or punishments (Lev 26:14-26:46)
V. Consecrated vows
The value of people’s vows (Lev 27:1-27:8)
Presentations of Animals (Lev 27:9-27:13)
Vowed Houses (Lev 27:14-27:15)
Vowed Fields (Lev 27:16-27:25)
First born animals (Lev 27:26-27:27)
Non-redeemable items (Lev 27:28-27:29)
Tithing (Lev 27:30-27:34)