Book of Leviticus
Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia
- the third book of the Pentateuch, consisting of twenty-seven chapters. It may be divided into four principal parts: regulations concerning sacrifices and their offering; consecration of the high priest, priests, and Levites; regulations concerning clean and unclean animals and the purification of the people and tabernacle; and sacred feasts and solemnities. It is called Leviticus because God appointed the Levites for service at the tabernacle and temple and they shared in its sacred rites.