Levius The Book

The book Leviticus is found in the old testament it is the third out of the five books of the torah. Leviticus means about the Levites. The Leviticus were God’s priest and the book of Levites contains many of the rules they needed to do their work rules for worshipping God and for making sacrifices. In Leviticus 11:45 God says “Be holy because I am holy”. The rules God gave Israel in the book Leviticus helped the people live holy lives. Moses is the author of Leviticus and it was written between 1400 and 1440 B.C. Leviticus is unique, because it is a record of God's instructions to Moses. Twenty of the 27 chapters begin, "The LORD spoke to Moses,” This phrase also occurs in 14 other places in the book. The purpose of the book is to provide guidelines to priests and …show more content…
The book intends to show how Israel was to fulfill its covenant responsibility to be 'a kingdom of priests and a holy nation' (Ex 19:6; Lev 26:5 [sic 2]).”10. In the book of Leviticus there are topics mentioned like diets examples of this would be clean and unclean foods, childbirth, and diseases. Within these highly detailed directives discover holiness, separateness,distinction, and otherness of God. The book of Leviticus is a narrative document. The law found in Leviticus was spoken by God to Moses at Mount Sinai where the Israelites camped for some time. God delivered these detailed laws after the original ten commandments the most probable date for their revelation is 1446 B.C. The book of Leviticus was the first book studied by a Jewish child. Leviticus is the last book that christians study. we learn how sin devastates humanity’s relationship with their