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Leviticus   /ləvˈɪtəkəs/   Listen
Leviticus

noun
1.
The third book of the Old Testament; contains Levitical law and ritual precedents.  Synonym: Book of Leviticus.






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"Leviticus" Quotes from Famous Books



... he set down from his own personal knowledge, may be eliminated from the Bible, as not inspired. According to the principle already enunciated by yourself, I call upon you to excise from the Book of GOD'S Law, Exodus, and Leviticus, and Numbers, and Deuteronomy: those passages only excepted which are prophetical,—as the xxxiiird of Deuteronomy. Joshua must go of course: for if the son of Nun did not write the Book which goes under his name,—(as the wise men in Germany say, or used to say, he did not[394],)—of course ...
— Inspiration and Interpretation - Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford • John Burgon

... value and its promise. He touches the real, and no lapse of time makes his quotations look odd or quaint. When he is asked which is the first commandment of all, he at once, with what a modern writer calls "a brilliant flash of the highest genius," links a text in Deuteronomy with one in Leviticus—"Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord, and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength" (Deut. 6:4-5), and, ...
— The Jesus of History • T. R. Glover

... described in Leviticus xvi. 20-26. After completing the atonement for the impurities of the holy place, the tabernacle, and the altar, Aaron was directed to lay 'his hands upon the head of the live goat', so putting all the sins of the people upon the animal, and then to 'send him away by the hand ...
— Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official • William Sleeman

... person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor."—LEVITICUS ...
— The Elements of Character • Mary G. Chandler



Words linked to "Leviticus" :   Pentateuch, Old Testament, Book of Leviticus, Levitical, Torah, book, Laws



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