Leviticus

I. Laws Regarding Sacrifices (1:1-7:38)

A. Introduction (1:1-2)
B. Cultic regulations (1:3-6:7)

1. Whole burnt offering (1:3-17)
2. Grain offering (2:1-16)
3. Peace offering (3:1-17)
4. Sin offering (4:1-35)
5. Guilt offering (5:1-6:7)

C. Priestly responsibilities (6:8-7:36)

1. Whole burnt offering (6:8-13)
2. Grain offering (6:14-23)
3. Sin offering (6:24-30)
4. Guilt offering (7;1-10)
5. Peace offering (7:11-36)

D. Conclusion (7:37-38)

II. Ordination of Aaron and His Sons (8:1-9:24)

III. Problems and Warnings for Priests (10:1-20)

A. Death of Nadab and Abihu (10:1-7)
B. General instructions to priests (10:8-11)
C. Offerings priests can eat (10:12-15)
D. Problem of an uneaten sin offering (10:16-20)

IV. Health Legislation (11:1-15:33)

A. Clean and unclean foods (11:1-47)
B. Uncleanness and purification after childbirth (12:1-8)
C. Leprosy (13:1-14:57)

1. Determining leprosy (13:1-59)
2. Purification of leprosy (14:1-57)

D. Bodily discharges (15:1-33)

V. Day of Atonement (16:1-34)

VI. Holiness Code (17:1-26:46)

A. Eating meat (17:1-16)

1. Proper butchering (17:1-9)
2. Prohibition against eating blood (17:10-16)

B. Sexual conduct (18:1-30)

1. Rationale (18:1-5)
2. Family taboos (18:6-18)
3. Prohibition of aberrant behavior (18:19-23)
4. Concluding rationale (18:24-30)

C. Behavior toward others (19:1-37)
D. Crimes deserving capital punishment (20:1-27)

1. Sacrificing children to Molech (20:1-5)
2. Turning to mediums and witchcraft (20:6-8)
3. Cursing father or mother (20:9)
4. Sexual crimes (20:10-21)
5. Rationale (20:22-26)
6. Practicing spiritualism or witchrcaft (20:27)

E. Laws concerning priests (21:1-22:33)

1. Prohibited behavior for all priests (21:1-9)
2. Prohibited behavior for high priest (21:10-15)
3. Conditions rendering a priest unfit for service (21:16-24)
4. Proper sacrificial procedure (22:1-30)
5. Rationale (22:31-33)

F. Sacred festivals (23:1-44)

1. Introduction (23:1-2)
2. Sabbath (23:3)
3. Passover and Unleavened Bread (23:4-14)
4. Feast of Weeks (23:15-21)
5. Provision for gleaning (23:22)
6. Fall sabbath (23:23-25)
7. Day of Atonement (23:26-32)
8. Feast of Booths (23:33-36)
9. Conclusion (23:37-38)
10. Additional laws for Feast of Booths (23:39-43)
11. Second conclusion (23:44)

G. Oil and bread for the Tabernacle (24:1-9)
H. A man blasphemes God (24:10-23)

1. The event (24:10-12)
2. God prescribes the punishment (24:13-14)
3. Crimes deserving capital punishment (24:15-22)
4. Israel carries out the punishment (24:23)

I. Sabbath Year (25:1-24)
J. Jubilee Year (25:25-55)
K. Concluding words (26:1-45)

1. Prohibitions concerning worship (26:1-2)
2. Blessings of obedience (26:3-13)
3. Curses of disobedience (26:14-39)
4. Blessings of repentance (26:40-45)

L. Conclusion (26:46)

VII. Redemption of Gifts Consecrated to God (27:1-33)

VIII. Conclusion (27:34)