Outline of Leviticus: Who may draw near?

Calling from the tent, the LORD gives the burnt offering: a whole animal accepted in the worshiper's place.

The LORD calls from the tent 1:1–2 · From the herd 1:3–9 · From the flock 1:10–13 · From the birds 1:14–17

The grain offering, fine flour with oil and frankincense, is tribute to the LORD, seasoned with covenant salt.

Fine flour 2:1–3 · Baked offerings 2:4–10 · No leaven; always salt 2:11–13 · Firstfruits 2:14–16

A peace offering is a fellowship meal with God; the fat is His, and blood is never eaten.

From the herd 3:1–5 · From the sheep 3:6–11 · From the goats 3:12–16 · No fat, no blood 3:17

For unintentional sin, a sin offering graded by rank: the priest makes atonement, and it is forgiven.

Unintentional sin 4:1–2 · The anointed priest 4:3–12 · The whole congregation 4:13–21 · A leader 4:22–26 · A common person 4:27–35

Named sins need confession and a sin offering the poor can afford; sacrilege needs a ram and restitution.

Named sins and confession 5:1–6 · Two birds 5:7–10 · A tenth of flour 5:11–13 · The guilt offering 5:14–16 · Guilt not known 5:17–19

Wronging a neighbor is acting unfaithfully against the LORD; then the priests learn the law of each offering.

Wrongs against a neighbor 6:1–7 · The law of the burnt offering 6:8–13 · The law of the grain offering 6:14–18 · The anointed priest's grain offering 6:19–23 · The law of the sin offering 6:24–30

The laws of guilt and peace offerings, the priests' shares, and a close: all commanded at Sinai.

The law of the guilt offering 7:1–10 · The law of the peace offering 7:11–21 · No fat, no blood 7:22–27 · The priests' share 7:28–36 · Given on Mount Sinai 7:37–38

Moses ordains Aaron and his sons as commanded: washed, robed, anointed and set apart for seven days.

The congregation gathered 8:1–5 · Washed and robed 8:6–9 · Anointed 8:10–13 · The sin offering 8:14–17 · The burnt offering 8:18–21 · The ram of ordination 8:22–30 · Seven days at the entrance 8:31–36

Aaron's first offerings, for himself and the people, end with the glory appearing and fire from the LORD.

Today the LORD will appear 9:1–7 · For himself 9:8–14 · For the people 9:15–21 · Glory and fire 9:22–24

Nadab and Abihu offer fire the LORD had not commanded and die: He will be treated as holy.

Unauthorized fire 10:1–3 · No mourning 10:4–7 · Holy and common, clean and unclean 10:8–11 · The priests' portions 10:12–15 · The sin offering not eaten 10:16–20

God tells Israel what to eat and what to shun, and why: be holy, because I am holy.

Beasts of the land 11:1–8 · Creatures of the waters 11:9–12 · Birds 11:13–19 · Flying insects 11:20–23 · Carcasses 11:24–40 · Be holy, because I am holy 11:41–45 · The law regarding animals 11:46–47

After childbirth a mother waits out her purifying, then brings a burnt offering and a sin offering.

Days of purification 12:1–5 · Her offering 12:6–8

The priest examines spreading skin disease and mildew; the unclean must live alone outside the camp.

A swelling, rash or bright spot 13:1–8 · Raw flesh 13:9–17 · Boils and burns 13:18–28 · Head and chin 13:29–37 · Pale spots and baldness 13:38–44 · Outside the camp 13:45–46 · Garments 13:47–59

A healed person is cleansed in stages, a live bird set free, then restored to camp and altar.

Two birds and seven days 14:1–9 · The eighth day 14:10–20 · If the person is poor 14:21–32 · A house in the land 14:33–53 · The law regarding skin diseases 14:54–57

Bodily discharges make one unclean, lest Israel die defiling the tabernacle that stands among them.

A man's discharge 15:1–15 · Emission and marriage 15:16–18 · A woman's monthly flow 15:19–24 · A discharge of blood for many days 15:25–30 · So that they do not die 15:31–33

Once a year Aaron brings blood behind the veil, and Israel is made clean from all its sins.

Not freely 16:1–2 · What Aaron brings 16:3–5 · Two goats and the lots 16:6–10 · Blood and incense behind the veil 16:11–14 · The holy place cleansed 16:15–19 · The live goat 16:20–22 · Garments, washing, burning 16:23–28 · A permanent statute 16:29–34

Every sacrifice belongs at the LORD's altar, and no blood is eaten: the life is in the blood.

No sacrifice in the open field 17:1–7 · Only at the entrance to the tent 17:8–9 · The life is in the blood 17:10–12 · Game 17:13–14 · What is found dead 17:15–16

Keep God's statutes and live, not Egypt's or Canaan's ways; the land vomits out those who defile it.

Not their practices, but My statutes 18:1–5 · Close relatives 18:6–18 · Other abominations 18:19–23 · The land vomits them out 18:24–30

Be holy as the LORD is holy: in worship, field, court and heart, loving your neighbor as yourself.

Be holy 19:1–4 · Peace offerings in time 19:5–8 · Gleanings for the poor 19:9–10 · Love your neighbor 19:11–18 · Mixtures and a slave woman 19:19–22 · Fruit trees in the land 19:23–25 · No pagan ways 19:26–31 · The aged, the foreigner, the scales 19:32–37

Penalties for Molech worship, mediums and sexual sin: Israel is set apart by the LORD to be His.

Molech 20:1–5 · Mediums; consecrate yourselves 20:6–8 · Penalties in the family 20:9–21 · Set apart to be My own 20:22–26 · Mediums put to death 20:27

Priests, the high priest above all, keep a higher holiness, for they present the food of their God.

The priests 21:1–9 · The high priest 21:10–15 · No blemish at the altar 21:16–24

Holy food only for clean priests and households, only unblemished offerings: the LORD must be acknowledged as holy.

Clean priests for holy food 22:1–9 · Who may eat 22:10–16 · Without blemish 22:17–25 · The newborn and the thank offering 22:26–30 · Acknowledged as holy 22:31–33

The LORD's appointed feasts: the Sabbath and the yearly feasts, from Passover to the Feast of Tabernacles.

The Sabbath 23:1–3 · Passover and Unleavened Bread 23:4–8 · Firstfruits 23:9–14 · The Feast of Weeks 23:15–22 · Trumpets 23:23–25 · The Day of Atonement 23:26–32 · Tabernacles 23:33–38 · Dwelling in booths 23:39–44

Lamp and bread stand before the LORD continually, and a blasphemer is judged under one law for all.

The lamp 24:1–4 · The bread 24:5–9 · The blasphemer 24:10–12 · Stoned outside the camp 24:13–16 · Life for life 24:17–22 · As the LORD had commanded 24:23

The land keeps Sabbath, and the Jubilee proclaims liberty: the land is the LORD's, and Israel His servants.

The land's Sabbath 25:1–7 · The Jubilee 25:8–12 · Fair dealing 25:13–17 · I will send My blessing 25:18–22 · The land is Mine 25:23–28 · Houses and the Levites' cities 25:29–34 · The poor brother 25:35–38 · Not as a slave 25:39–46 · Redeemed from a foreigner 25:47–55

Obedience brings rain, peace and God's presence; rebellion brings sevenfold discipline, yet God remembers His covenant.

No idols; keep My Sabbaths 26:1–2 · If you follow My statutes 26:3–13 · If you fail to obey 26:14–17 · Sevenfold for your sins 26:18–20 · Wild animals 26:21–22 · Sword, plague and famine 26:23–26 · Exile 26:27–39 · I will remember My covenant 26:40–45 · On Mount Sinai 26:46

Vows to the LORD are valued and redeemed; firstborn animals, devoted things and tithes already belong to Him.

Persons vowed 27:1–8 · Animals 27:9–13 · Houses 27:14–15 · Fields 27:16–25 · Firstborn animals 27:26–27 · Devoted things 27:28–29 · Tithes 27:30–33 · On Mount Sinai 27:34