Leviticus
Summary[i]
Leviticus stands in the same
relation to Exodus, that the Epistles do to the Gospels. Exodus is the record
of redemption, and lays the foundation of the cleansing, worship, and service of
a redeemed people. Leviticus gives the detail of the walk, worship, and service
of that people. In Exodus God speaks out of the mount to which approach was
forbidden; in Leviticus He speaks out of the tabernacle in which He dwells in
the midst of His people, to tell them that which befits His holiness in their
approach to, and communion with, Himself.
The key word of Leviticus is
holiness, occurring 87 times. Key verse is Lev_19:2.
Leviticus is in nine chief
divisions:
1. The
Offerings (Leviticus 1 - 6:7).
2. The Law of the
Offerings (Leviticus 6:8 - 7:38).
3. Consecration
(Leviticus 8:1 - 9:24).
4. A Warning
Example (Leviticus 10:1-20).
5. A Holy God Must
Have a Cleansed People (Leviticus 11 - 15).
6. Atonement
(Leviticus 16 - 17).
7. The Relationships
of God's People (Leviticus 18 - 22).
8. The Feasts of
Jehovah (Leviticus 23).
9. Instructions and Warnings (Leviticus 24 - 27).