Leviticus 1-16: A New Translation with Introduction and CommentaryLeviticus served as the liturgical handbook of the Levitical Priesthood of the Israelites. From a professor of Religion and the Bible at the University of California at Berkeley comes a comprehensive commentary on Leviticus, now available with a new translation that is sure to set the standard for years to come. |
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Aaron altar animal anointing āšām ăšer attested Bible biblical birds blood bull burned burnt offering carcass cereal offering chap commanded consecration contaminated contrast cult cultic defile desecration Deut divine eaten Exod Exod 29 expiation expiatory Ezek Ezekiel flesh hand-leaning haṭṭa't Hebrew hence high priest Hittite holy ʻōlâ Ibn Ezra implies impurity incense Israel Israelites Jerusalem Levites Leviticus Lord meaning meat Milgrom Moreover Moses Nadab and Abihu Nazirite NOTE oath pericope pollution prebends prescribed priestly prohibition pure purgation purge purification offering purificatory qōdeš quadrupeds quarantine Qumran rabbis Ramban Rashbam Rashi refers rendered reparation offering rite ritual sacred sacrifice sacrilege Šamaš sancta sanctuary scale disease scale-diseased person Sipra skin slaughter sprinkled suet Tabernacle Tazria Temple Tent of Meeting těnûpâ term thigh tion Torah Ugaritic verb verse well-being offering whereas word YHWH Zebah