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• JubileeBible

  The Jubilee was an Old Testament institution established in Leviticus 25. In the fiftieth year, after seven sabbatical cycles, land that had been sold returned to the family that originally held it, Israelites who had become servants were set free, and the land was left to rest.

• Feast of FirstfruitsBible

  The Feast of Firstfruits was an Old Testament rite, prescribed in Leviticus 23:9-14, in which the first sheaf of the spring barley harvest was waved before the LORD. It served as the starting point for counting the date of the Feast of Weeks and is often read in connection with the New Testament description of Christ's resurrection as the "firstfruits."

• Peace Offering and PropitiationBible

  The peace offering of the Old Testament book of Leviticus and the New Testament presentation of Christ as the offering that deals with sin are distinct biblical concepts. The New Korean Revised Version of the Bible renders both with a single term, although the original-language words behind the two uses differ.

• Peace OfferingBible

  The peace offering is an Old Testament sacrifice prescribed in Leviticus 3 and 7. Its fat was burned on the altar, and its meat was shared between the priests and the worshiper. It was offered as an expression of thanksgiving, in fulfillment of a vow, or as a freewill offering.

• Purity LawsBible

  The purity laws are regulations of the Old Testament law that distinguish between the "clean" and the "unclean" in persons and objects and prescribe the procedures by which those who have become unclean may be made clean again. They appear chiefly in Leviticus 11–15 and Numbers 19.

• Dietary LawsBible

  The dietary laws are the regulations of the Old Testament law that distinguished the clean foods the people of Israel were permitted to eat from the unclean foods they were forbidden to eat. They appear chiefly in Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14.

• Old Testament SacrificesBible

  The Old Testament sacrifices were the system, established by the Mosaic Law, through which Israel presented offerings to God at the tabernacle and the temple. The principal sacrifices are the burnt offering, grain offering, peace offering, sin offering, and trespass offering described in Leviticus 1–7.

• LeprosyBible

  Leprosy is the biblical term for an "unclean" disease of the skin and for blemishes on garments and houses. Leviticus sets out the regulations for its diagnosis and for purification, and leprosy also figures in the accounts of Miriam, Naaman, and Uzziah and in the healing narratives of Jesus.

• Sin OfferingBible

  The sin offering is one of the Old Testament sacrifices prescribed in Leviticus. It was offered for sins committed unknowingly and for ritual impurity, and its rite involved putting an animal's blood on the altar and sprinkling it. The New Testament connects it with the death of Christ.

• Holy ConvocationBible

  A holy convocation was a sacred assembly in which the people of Israel were called together on days appointed by God to rest from work and to worship. Leviticus 23 sets out the holy convocations of the Sabbath and of the annual feasts.

• Day of AtonementBible

  The Day of Atonement was an annual holy day of Old Testament Israel, observed on the tenth day of the seventh month, when the high priest entered the Most Holy Place to make atonement for the sins of the people and for the sanctuary. Its procedure is described in Leviticus 16.

• Consecration of the PriestsBible

  The consecration of the priests was the seven-day ceremony in which Moses installed Aaron and his sons as priests of Israel. The command for it is recorded in Exodus 29, and its performance in Leviticus 8.

• ShelomithPeople

  Shelomith is a Hebrew name in the Old Testament borne by several different people recorded in Leviticus, Chronicles, and Ezra. The name was used for both men and women.

• PentateuchBible

  The Pentateuch is the collective name for the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. In Judaism it is called the Torah.

• Sabbatical YearBible

  The sabbatical year was an institution of Old Testament law under which the land was to rest every seventh year and debts owed by fellow Israelites were to be released. It appears in Leviticus 25, Exodus 23, and Deuteronomy 15.

• Burnt OfferingBible

  The burnt offering is an Old Testament sacrifice in which the offering was burned whole on the altar and presented to God. Its procedure is set out in detail in Leviticus 1.

• Covenant of SaltBible

  The covenant of salt is an Old Testament expression that uses salt as an image of the eternal, unchanging nature of a covenant made with God. It appears in Numbers 18:19 and 2 Chronicles 13:5, and Leviticus 2:13 contains the related phrase "the salt of the covenant."

• Prohibition of InterestBible

  The prohibition of interest is an Old Testament legal provision that forbade charging interest when lending money or food to a poor neighbor. It appears in Exodus, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy and reflects the law's concern for protecting the vulnerable.

• Kinsman-RedeemerBible

  The kinsman-redeemer (Hebrew goel) is an Old Testament institution in which a close relative paid the price to recover land or freedom that a family member had lost through poverty or similar circumstances. Boaz in the Book of Ruth is the best-known example.

• Mark 12:28-34Bible Verses

  In this passage a scribe asks which commandment is the greatest, and Jesus answers by joining the command to love God from Deuteronomy with the command to love one's neighbor from Leviticus. The passage is widely cited as a summary of the whole Law, and denominations differ in how they emphasize the relationship between law and love.