The Beauty of Holiness: The Book of Leviticus Simply Explained Book

List of illustrations     9
Preface     11
Introduction     13
Communion with the holy God: rules concerning sacrifices (1:1-7:38)
God and his spokesman (1:1-2)     21
The burnt offering (1:3-17)     31
The grain offering (2:1-16)     40
The peace offering (3:1-17)     48
The sin offering (4:1-5:13)     56
The trespass offering (5:14-6:7)     71
The offerings and the priests (6:8-7:10)     84
Peace-offering meals (7:11-38)     96
Serving the holy God: rules concerning priesthood (8:1-10:20)
The investiture of the priests (8:1-36)     107
Ministering for the first time (9:1-24)     122
Judgement and mercy (10:1-20)     132
Clean and whole for God: rules concerning ritual purity (11:1-16:34)
Uncleanness from creatures (11:1-47)     147
Uncleanness from giving birth (12:1-8)     161
Uncleanness from leprosy (13:1-59)     170
Restoring the outcasts (14:1-57)     181
Uncleanness from genital discharges (15:1-33)     194
The Day of Atonement (16:1-34)     204
Obeying the holy God: rules concerning moral purity (17:1-27:34)
The sanctity of life (17:1-16)     219
The sanctity of sex (18:1-30)     231
Living the godly life: an introduction (19:1-37)     244
Living the godly life: the challenge (19:1-37)     254
Death: the punishment for disobedience (20:1-27)     269
Holy priests (21:1-24)     282
Holy sacrifices (22:1-33)     294
Holy day: the Sabbath (23:1-3)     304
Holy seasons: spring (23:4-22)     311
Holy seasons: autumn (23:23-44)     323
Pure oil and holy bread (24:1-9)     333
Holy name (24:10-23)     340
Holy years (25:1-22)     352
Redemption (25:23-55)     353
Covenant commitment (26:1-46)     375
Promises, promises, promises! (27:1-34)     388
Notes     401