Leviticus

ויקרא
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Leviticus (“Vayikra”) is the third book of the Torah. It primarily delineates the details of sacrificial worship in the Mishkan (Tabernacle), a temporary and portable sanctuary built to serve God in the desert. It also discusses impurity and purification, Yom Kippur, the festivals, forbidden relationships, dietary laws, and various ethical and agricultural laws. Though its topics are diverse, the book is unified by the theme of holiness in people, time, and space.

Hebrew Description

ספר ויקרא הוא השלישי בחמשת חומשי התורה ועוסק ברובו בעבודת המשכן: סוגי הקורבנות, תפקידי הכהנים המשרתים בו והקדשת המשכן. הספר מתאר גם דיני טומאה וטהרה, דיני צרעת הגוף הכלים והבית, מאכלות אסורים ומותרים, איסורי עריות, פרקי המועדות, הלכות היובל והשמיטה וכן מגוון דיני מוסר.

Structure

Text Statistics:
  • Total Verses: 33
  • Estimated Chapters: 1
  • Text Length: 53528 characters
Book Information:
  • Language: Hebrew/English
  • Book Order: 1
  • Category: Torah
  • English Translation Available

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Composition Date

[-1400, -400]

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Leviticus - Full Text

  • === Leviticus === יהוה called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying: Speak to the Israelite people, and say to them: When any of you presents an offering of cattle to יהוה: You shall choose your offering from the herd or from the flock. If your*your Lit. “his,” pointing to the same non-specific referent as the socially generic noun ’adam (lit. “human being” yet grammatically masculine; NJPS “any”) in 1.2. Both men and women brought sacrificial offerings. (So also in vv. 10, 14.) offering is a burnt offering from the herd, you shall make your offering a male without blemish. You shall bring it to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, for acceptance in your behalf before יהוה. You shall lay a hand upon the head of the burnt offering, that it may be acceptable in your behalf, in expiation for you. The bull shall be slaughtered before יהוה; and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall offer the blood, dashing the blood against all sides of the altar which is at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. The burnt offering shall be flayed and cut up into sections. The sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and lay out wood upon the fire; and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall lay out the sections, with the head and the suet, on the wood that is on the fire upon the altar. Its entrails and legs shall be washed with water, and the priest shall turn the whole into smoke on the altar as a burnt offering, an offering by fire of pleasing odor to יהוה. If your offering for a burnt offering is from the flock, of sheep or of goats, you shall make your offering a male without blemish. It shall be slaughtered before יהוה on the north side of the altar, and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall dash its blood against all sides of the altar. When it has been cut up into sections, the priest shall lay them out, with the head and the suet, on the wood that is on the fire upon the altar. The entrails and the legs shall be washed with water; the priest shall offer up and turn the whole into smoke on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering by fire, of pleasing odor to יהוה. If your offering to יהוה is a burnt offering of birds, you shall choose your offering from turtledoves or pigeons. The priest shall bring it to the altar, pinch off its head, and turn it into smoke on the altar; and its blood shall be drained out against the side of the altar. He shall remove its crop with its contents,*contents Others “feathers.” and cast it into the place of the ashes, at the east side of the altar. The priest shall tear it open by its wings, without severing it, and turn it into smoke on the altar, upon the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt offering, an offering by fire, of pleasing odor to יהוה. When a person presents an offering of meal to יהוה: The offering shall be of choice flour; the offerer shall pour oil upon it, lay frankincense on it, and present it to Aaron’s sons, the priests. The priest shall scoop out of it a handful of its choice flour and oil, as well as all of its frankincense; and this token portion he shall turn into smoke on the altar, as an offering by fire, of pleasing odor to יהוה. And the remainder of the meal offering shall be for Aaron and his sons, a most holy portion from יהוה’s offerings by fire. When you present an offering of meal baked in the oven, [it shall be of] choice flour: unleavened cakes with oil mixed in, or unleavened wafers spread with oil. If your offering is a meal offering on a griddle, it shall be of choice flour with oil mixed in, unleavened. Break it into bits and pour oil on it; it is a meal offering. If your offering is a meal offering in a pan, it shall be made of choice flour in oil. When you present to יהוה a meal offering that is made in any of these ways, it shall be brought to the priest who shall take it up to the altar. The priest shall remove the token portion from the meal offering and turn it into smoke on the altar as an offering by fire, of pleasing odor to יהוה. And the remainder of the meal offering shall be for Aaron and his sons, a most holy portion from יהוה’s offerings by fire. No meal offering that you offer to יהוה shall be made with leaven, for no leaven or honey may be turned into smoke as an offering by fire to יהוה. You may bring them to יהוה as an offering of choice products;*choice products Exact meaning of Heb. re’shith uncertain. but they shall not be offered up on the altar for a pleasing odor. You shall season your every offering of meal with salt; you shall not omit from your meal offering the salt of your covenant with God; with all your offerings you must offer salt. If you bring a meal offering of first fruits to יהוה, you shall bring new ears parched with fire, grits of the fresh grain, as your meal offering of first fruits. You shall add oil to it and lay frankincense on it; it is a meal offering. And the priest shall turn a token portion of it into smoke: some of the grits and oil, with all of the frankincense, as an offering by fire to יהוה.
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  • Verse 1
    English: יהוה called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying:
    Verse 2
    English: Speak to the Israelite people, and say to them: When any of you presents an offering of cattle to יהוה: You shall choose your offering from the herd or from the flock.
    Verse 3
    English: If your*your Lit. “his,” pointing to the same non-specific referent as the socially generic noun ’adam (lit. “human being” yet grammatically masculine; NJPS “any”) in 1.2. Both men and women brought sacrificial offerings. (So also in vv. 10, 14.) offering is a burnt offering from the herd, you shall make your offering a male without blemish. You shall bring it to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, for acceptance in your behalf before יהוה.
    Verse 4
    English: You shall lay a hand upon the head of the burnt offering, that it may be acceptable in your behalf, in expiation for you.
    Verse 5
    English: The bull shall be slaughtered before יהוה; and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall offer the blood, dashing the blood against all sides of the altar which is at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.
    Verse 6
    English: The burnt offering shall be flayed and cut up into sections.
    Verse 7
    English: The sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and lay out wood upon the fire;
    Verse 8
    English: and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall lay out the sections, with the head and the suet, on the wood that is on the fire upon the altar.
    Verse 9
    English: Its entrails and legs shall be washed with water, and the priest shall turn the whole into smoke on the altar as a burnt offering, an offering by fire of pleasing odor to יהוה.
    Verse 10
    English: If your offering for a burnt offering is from the flock, of sheep or of goats, you shall make your offering a male without blemish.
    Verse 11
    English: It shall be slaughtered before יהוה on the north side of the altar, and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall dash its blood against all sides of the altar.
    Verse 12
    English: When it has been cut up into sections, the priest shall lay them out, with the head and the suet, on the wood that is on the fire upon the altar.
    Verse 13
    English: The entrails and the legs shall be washed with water; the priest shall offer up and turn the whole into smoke on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering by fire, of pleasing odor to יהוה.
    Verse 14
    English: If your offering to יהוה is a burnt offering of birds, you shall choose your offering from turtledoves or pigeons.
    Verse 15
    English: The priest shall bring it to the altar, pinch off its head, and turn it into smoke on the altar; and its blood shall be drained out against the side of the altar.
    Verse 16
    English: He shall remove its crop with its contents,*contents Others “feathers.” and cast it into the place of the ashes, at the east side of the altar.
    Verse 17
    English: The priest shall tear it open by its wings, without severing it, and turn it into smoke on the altar, upon the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt offering, an offering by fire, of pleasing odor to יהוה.
    Verse 18
    English: When a person presents an offering of meal to יהוה: The offering shall be of choice flour; the offerer shall pour oil upon it, lay frankincense on it,
    Verse 19
    English: and present it to Aaron’s sons, the priests. The priest shall scoop out of it a handful of its choice flour and oil, as well as all of its frankincense; and this token portion he shall turn into smoke on the altar, as an offering by fire, of pleasing odor to יהוה.
    Verse 20
    English: And the remainder of the meal offering shall be for Aaron and his sons, a most holy portion from יהוה’s offerings by fire.

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