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The Book of Leviticus is a book of the Hebrew Bible that contains a lot of laws and rituals.

Leviticus, Book Of

The Book of Leviticus is the third book of the Hebrew Bible and of the Five Books of Moses. Its name derives from the Levites — the tribe from which the priesthood descended — with many of the laws recorded in the book pertaining to the priesthood. The book is composed of primarily law and ritual.

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Why when the leprosy covers the entire body the leper is pronounced pure?

In Leviticus chapter 13 we read all the regulations with regards to how to determine if a skin condition is leprousy and how to deal with someone who is affected. I always thought that the condition of leprousy in the OT is a picture of sin.…
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Cutting body and pagan tattoos forbidden in Leviticus 19, what pagan group?

There is a curious law in Leviticus that seems to refer to avoiding an ancient pagan rite. Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord. (Leviticus 19:28 Mathew Henry says: They must not make cuts or prints…
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What is the meaning of the bread of the presence being changed out on a Sabbath?

I was looking at the following passage and have a question about a reference in the text: (emphasis mine) Leviticus 24:5-8 (HCSB) 5  “Take fine flour and bake it into 12 loaves; each loaf is to be made with four quarts. 6  Arrange them in two rows,…
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Pagan hairstyle forbidden in Leviticus 19, who had it?

There is a curious law in Leviticus that seems to refer to avoiding an ancient pagan rite. Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard. (Leviticus 19:27) Mathew Henry says: Those that worshipped the hosts of…
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Relevance of blood

In Leviticus 7:26 (NASB) And you are not to eat any blood, either of bird or animal, in any of your dwellings. What's is the relevance of blood which makes one being prohibited of eating it? Related question.
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Does God command Cannibalism in Leviticus 26:27-29?

Yesterday I was reading through Leviticus and I came across Leviticus chapter 26 verse 27-29 where it says "And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I,…
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In Leviticus 14:8-9 when is a person considered ceremonially clean?

Leviticus 14 details the purification process after healing from the skin diseases described in Leviticus 13. 8 “The persons being purified must then wash their clothes, shave off all their hair, and bathe themselves in water. Then they will be…
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Why was there a Sabbath year?

Leviticus mentions a 'Sabbath year' where they were supposed to give the land a rest: The LORD said to Moses on Mount Sinai, 2“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land I am going to give you, the land itself must observe a…
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Does fire devour Nadab and Abihu but not their tunics?

Leviticus 10 1Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, put incense on it, and offered profane fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them. 2So fire went out from the Lord and devoured them, and they…
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Can a priest bury his wife?

In Leviticus 21:1-3 (NASB) 1 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: ‘No one shall defile himself for a dead person among his people, 2 except for his relatives who are nearest to him, his mother, his…
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A goat for Azazel

The meaning of Azazel (Leviticus 16:8) likely resembles a fallen angel. In this passage, we read of one goat for the Lord and the other for Azazel. Then, in Leviticus 17:7 (NASB) 7 And they shall no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons…
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What are "goat-demons"?

In Leviticus 17:7 (NASB) And they shall no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons with which they play the prostitute. This shall be a permanent statute to them throughout their generations.”’ What are "goat-demons"?
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Lev 5:4: Pronouncing an oath without realizing it?! How?

I don't understand the meaning of Leviticus 5:4: "Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be…
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Does Leviticus 4:27-35 also apply to someone who is not an Israelite?

And if any one of the people of the land shall sin through ignorance, doing any of those things that by the law of the Lord are forbidden, and offending (DRA) וְאִם־נֶפֶשׁ אַחַת תֶּחֱטָא בִשְׁגָגָה מֵעַם הָאָרֶץ בַּעֲשֹׂתָהּ אַחַת מִמִּצְוֹת יְהוָה…
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Did Priests in the Old Testament Ever Eat The Entrails?

If the sin offering was offered to cover the sins of the anointed priest (Lev 4:3) then the priest wasn't free to eat ANY part of the animal. God got His part, but the rest of the animal - including its head and entrails - were burnt outside the…
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