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• Levi (Son of Jacob)

  Levi was the third son of Jacob and Leah and the ancestor of the tribe of Levi, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Moses and Aaron, as well as the Levites and priests who served in the tabernacle and the temple, were all his descendants.

• Levites

  The Levites were members of the Israelite tribe descended from Levi, the son of Jacob. Rather than receiving land as an inheritance, they were set apart for the work of the tabernacle and the temple. Among them, the descendants of Aaron became priests.

• Levitical Cities

  The Levitical cities were the forty-eight cities, together with their surrounding pasturelands, that the tribes of Israel set aside as dwelling places for the tribe of Levi, which received no land as an inheritance. The six cities of refuge were among them.

• Leviticus

  Leviticus is the third book of the Old Testament and the third book of the Pentateuch. It contains regulations concerning sacrifices, the priesthood, laws of purity, and holy living. It has 27 chapters.

• Leviticus 18:22

  Leviticus 18:22 reads, "Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination" (KJV). It is one of the principal biblical texts on homosexuality, and interpreters both within and outside the church disagree over how this Old Testament regulation applies to Christians today.

• Leviticus 19:18

  A precept of the Law: "Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." Jesus named it, together with the command to love God, as the greatest commandments, and both Paul and James cited it as a summary of the Law.

• Leviticus 25:8–12

  A provision of the Law commanding that the fiftieth year, which follows seven sabbatical years (forty-nine years), be kept holy as the "Jubilee." It calls for a trumpet to be sounded on the Day of Atonement to proclaim liberty and for each person to return to his land and family. The passage is frequently cited in discussions of the ministry of Jesus and of social justice.

• Leviticus 24:17–22

  A passage containing the law of retaliation, which requires that homicide and bodily injury be repaid in equal measure, together with the command that this law apply equally to the foreigner and the native-born. Because of the phrase "eye for eye, tooth for tooth," it is frequently cited in discussions of the Sermon on the Mount and of capital punishment.

• Leviticus 20:13

  Leviticus 20:13 is a provision in Leviticus 20 that declares sexual relations between men an "abomination" and prescribes the death penalty. It is frequently cited alongside Leviticus 18:22 in church discussions of homosexuality, and interpreters differ over how far it applies today.

• Leviticus 9:22–23

  In this scene Aaron, having completed his first sacrifices as high priest, lifts up his hands and blesses the people. He then blesses them again together with Moses, and the glory of the LORD appears. The passage is frequently cited as a biblical background for the benediction pronounced at the close of worship.

• Leviticus 19:33–34

  A command in Leviticus not to mistreat the stranger (resident alien) dwelling in the land of Israel, but to regard him as one born in the land and to love him as oneself. Because it extends the commandment of neighbor-love to the stranger, the passage is frequently cited in discussions of immigration and refugees.

• Levirate Marriage

  Levirate marriage was an ancient Israelite institution in which, when a husband died without a son, his brother married the widow so that the firstborn son would carry on the name and line of the deceased. It is prescribed in Deuteronomy 25.

• Leviathan

  Leviathan is a great sea creature mentioned in Job, Psalms, and Isaiah. The name serves as a symbol of a power beyond human control or of the chaos and evil that stand against God.

• Leviticus 4

  Leviticus 4 sets out the regulations for the sin offering for unintentional violations of the LORD's prohibitions. It prescribes different offerings and different ways of handling the blood for the anointed priest, the whole congregation, a ruler, and one of the common people.

• Leviticus 2

  Leviticus 2 sets out the regulations for the grain offering, an offering presented from grain. It covers how to offer fine flour, baked cakes, and the firstfruits of grain, prohibits leaven and honey, and prescribes the salt of the covenant.

• Leviticus 1

  The first chapter of Leviticus, containing the regulations for the burnt offering that the LORD gave to Moses from the tabernacle of the congregation. It sets out, in turn, how to offer cattle, sheep or goats, and birds.

• Leviticus 8

  Leviticus 8 is the chapter in which Moses, as the LORD commanded, washes, clothes, and anoints Aaron and his sons, then offers a sin offering, a burnt offering, and the ordination offering to install them as priests.

• Leviticus 6

  Leviticus 6 contains regulations for the trespass offering that makes restitution for wrongs against a neighbor's property, together with the ordinances the priests were to observe when presenting the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the sin offering.

• Leviticus 5

  Leviticus 5 sets out the sin offering for faults recognized after the fact, such as withholding testimony, touching something unclean, or swearing a rash oath, along with provisions that scale the offering to a person's means. It then establishes the guilt offering for trespasses against the holy things and for sins committed in ignorance.

• Leviticus 12

  Leviticus 12 sets out the regulations governing the period of purification for a woman who has given birth and the offerings she brings when that period is completed. It also includes the command to circumcise a male child on the eighth day.