Read Leviticus 12:1-15:33 at Bible Gateway.
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Hebrew paragraph divisions
Lev 12:1-8 {p} Purification from uncleanness in childbirth
Lev 13:1-8 {p} Distinguishing uncleanness in leprosy
Lev 13:9-17 {p} Distinguishing cleanness in leprosy
Lev 13:18-23 {s} Distinguishing leprosy in the scar of a boil
Lev 13:24-28 {p} Distinguishing leprosy in the scar of a burn
Lev 13:29-37 {s} Distinguishing leprosy in the scale of the head or beard
Lev 13:38-39 {s} Cleanness in white spots
Lev 13:40-46 {s} Distinguishing leprosy in baldness of the head
Lev 13:47-59 {p} Distinguishing leprosy in a garment
Lev 14:1-20 {s} The law of cleansing for leprosy that has been healed
Lev 14:21-32 {p} The law of cleansing for leprosy that has been healed for the poor
Lev 14:33-57 {p} The law of leprosy in a house
Lev 15:1-15 {s} The law for bodily discharges
Lev 15:16-18 {p} The law for emissions of semen
Lev 15:19-24 {s} The law for menstrual impurity
Lev 15:25-33 {p} The law for a hemorrhage of impurity
Strong themes of the parashiot
Lev 12:1-8 {p} Purification from uncleanness in childbirth
Lev 13:1-17 {p+p} Distinguishing uncleanness and cleanness in leprosy
Lev13:18-28 {s+p} Distinguishing leprosy in scars of boils or burns
Lev 13:29-59 {sx3+p} Distinguishing leprosy in the head or the garment
Lev 14:1-32 {s+p} The law of cleansing for leprosy
Lev 14:33-57 {p} The law of leprosy in a house
Lev 15:1-18 {s+p} The law for bodily discharges in men
Lev 15:19-33 {s+p} The law for bodily discharges in women
Lev 14 and 15, leprosy and the gospel of grace by faith 2015 mar 14
Lev 12:1-15:33 chiastic structure
1a) Lev 12:1-8 {p} The law for a woman’s flow of blood following childbirth;
1b) Lev 13:1-14:9 {p+p+s+p+sx3+p} The law for determining leprosy in a man or garment + the living bird;
central axis) Lev 14:10-32 {s+p} The atonement for cleansing from leprosy;
2b) Lev 14:33-57 {p} The law for determining leprosy in a house + the living bird;
2a) Lev 15:1-33 {s+p+s+p} The law for bodily discharges + a woman’s flow of blood.
Atonement is the recurring central axis of Leviticus. When a person despises Leviticus, they are despising the provision of atonement for sins and uncleanness. ♥
Lev 14:1-57, the chiastic structure of consecration 2014 apr 04
Lev 14, the law of the living bird 2015 mar 14
Theme of the parashiot
Atonement and purification from uncleanness, of bodily discharges and leprosy (tzaraas, or the evil tongue)
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