Each section below shows chapter and verses, as well as an overview of the section. Click on a section heading for a detailed analysis.
1. Burnt Offering Regulations (Leviticus 1:1–1:17): Instructions for presenting cattle, sheep, goats, or birds as whole burnt offerings.
2. Grain Offering Regulations (Leviticus 2:1–2:16): Procedures for offering fine flour, baked goods, and firstfruits seasoned with salt, oil, and frankincense.
3. Fellowship (Peace) Offering Regulations (Leviticus 3:1–3:17): Guidelines for bringing cattle, sheep, or goats to express thanksgiving or fulfill vows.
4. Sin Offering Regulations (Leviticus 4:1–4:35): Animal sacrifices required when the high priest, community, leaders, or ordinary Israelites sin unintentionally.
5. Additional Sin Offerings (Leviticus 5:1–5:13): Remedies for specific unintentional sins, with scaled offerings based on ability.
6. Guilt (Trespass) Offerings (Leviticus 5:14–6:7): Restitution plus a ram sacrifice for offenses against sacred things or against a neighbor.
7. Priestly Instructions for Burnt, Grain, and Sin Offerings (Leviticus 6:8–6:30): Detailed duties for priests in handling sacrificial portions and holiness of the altar.
8. Priestly Instructions for Guilt and Fellowship Offerings (Leviticus 7:1–7:38): Rules on eating portions, prohibitions on fat and blood, and summary of sacrificial law.
9. Ordination of Aaron and His Sons (Leviticus 8:1–8:36): Moses consecrates the priests through sacrifices, anointing, and a seven‑day ritual.
10. Commencement of Priestly Ministry (Leviticus 9:1–9:24): Aaron presents inaugural offerings; God’s glory appears and fire consumes the sacrifices.
11. Nadab and Abihu’s Unauthorized Fire (Leviticus 10:1–10:20): Aaron’s sons offer strange fire and die; regulations on priestly conduct and mourning follow.
12. Clean and Unclean Animals (Leviticus 11:1–11:47): Dietary laws distinguishing permissible land animals, sea creatures, birds, and insects.
13. Purification After Childbirth (Leviticus 12:1–12:8): Periods of ritual uncleanness and required offerings for mothers who give birth.
14. Diagnosis of Skin Diseases and Mildew (Leviticus 13:1–13:59): Priestly examinations for leprous conditions on skin, clothing, and fabrics.
15. Cleansing Rituals for Skin Disease and Mildew (Leviticus 14:1–14:57): Offerings and procedures to restore the cured person or cleansed house to purity.
16. Bodily Discharges and Ritual Impurity (Leviticus 15:1–15:33): Regulations concerning male and female discharges and required washings.
17. Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) (Leviticus 16:1–16:34): Annual purification of sanctuary and people through the scapegoat and sin offerings.
18. Prohibition of Blood and Sacrifices Outside the Sanctuary (Leviticus 17:1–17:16): Centralization of worship and ban on eating blood.
19. Laws on Sexual Conduct (Leviticus 18:1–18:30): Forbidden incestuous, adulterous, and other unlawful sexual relations.
20. Holiness Code – Social Justice and Worship (Leviticus 19:1–19:37): Commands on loving one’s neighbor, honest dealings, and reverence for God.
21. Penalties for Grave Sins, Spiritism, and Child Sacrifice (Leviticus 20:1–20:27): Capital or severe punishments for idolatry, illicit sex, and occult practices.
22. Holiness Rules for Priests (Leviticus 21:1–21:24): Requirements for priestly purity, marriages, and physical wholeness.
23. Acceptable Offerings and Food for Priests (Leviticus 22:1–22:33): Standards for eating sacred food and bringing blemish‑free sacrifices.
24. Appointed Festivals and Sabbaths (Leviticus 23:1–23:44): Calendar of sacred assemblies, including Passover, Pentecost, and the Day of Atonement.
25. Lampstand, Bread of the Presence, and the Blasphemer (Leviticus 24:1–24:23): Care of the tabernacle lamps and bread; punishment of a man who blasphemes God’s name.
26. Sabbath Year and Year of Jubilee (Leviticus 25:1–25:55): Land to rest every seventh year, debts canceled and property returned every fiftieth year.
27. Blessings for Obedience and Curses for Disobedience (Leviticus 26:1–26:46): Promised prosperity for faithfulness and escalating judgments for rebellion.
28. Regulations on Vows, Dedications, and Tithes (Leviticus 27:1–27:34): Valuation of persons, animals, and land vowed to God, and laws on redeeming tithes.