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Bible Commentaries
Grant's Commentary on the Bible Grant's Commentary
Instructions for Burnt Offerings to God.Chapter 2
Laws for Grain Offerings Given.Chapter 3
Regulations for Peace Offerings Specified.Chapter 4
Sin Offerings for Unintentional Sins Described.Chapter 5
Laws for Guilt Offerings and Atonement.Chapter 6
Further Instructions for Offerings and Priests.Chapter 7
Details on Various Offerings and Portions.Chapter 8
Aaron and His Sons Consecrated as Priests.Chapter 9
Aaron's First Offerings; God's Glory Revealed.Chapter 10
Nadab and Abihu's Unauthorized Fire Punished.Chapter 11
Laws on Clean and Unclean Animals.Chapter 12
Purification After Childbirth Regulations Provided.Chapter 13
Laws Concerning Leprosy and Skin Diseases.Chapter 14
Cleansing Rituals for Lepers and Houses.Chapter 15
Laws on Bodily Discharges and Purification.Chapter 16
Day of Atonement Rituals Established.Chapter 17
Prohibitions on Blood Consumption and Sacrifices.Chapter 18
Laws on Sexual Relations and Moral Conduct.Chapter 19
Holiness Laws; Love Your Neighbor Command.Chapter 20
Penalties for Idolatry, Witchcraft, and Immorality.Chapter 21
Requirements for Priests' Purity and Conduct.Chapter 22
Laws Regarding Offerings and Priestly Conduct.Chapter 23
Sacred Feasts and Festivals Outlined.Chapter 24
Lampstand Care; Blasphemer Stoned.Chapter 25
Sabbath Year and Year of Jubilee Regulations.Chapter 26
Blessings for Obedience; Curses for Disobedience.Chapter 27
Vows, Tithes, and Offerings Regulations.
- Leviticus
by L.M. Grant
While Genesis emphasizes the great subject of life in its beginnings, and Exodus considers God's principles of redemption and His authority established among a redeemed people, Leviticus (named for Levi, meaning "joined") is the book of the sanctuary. Here we are brought into the very presence of God, so that sanctification to God and from all evil is the proper character of His saints.
Sanctification has two major aspects. First, sanctification by the one offering of Christ (Hebrews 10:10), which is God's work for us, putting the believer in a new position before God; the other, sanctification by the Spirit of God (1 Corinthians 6:11), which is God's work inwardly in the believer, causing him to be morally set apart to God. Both of these are implied in Leviticus.
Only on the basis of the sacrifice of Christ are we privileged to enter God's presence; therefore Leviticus begins with the various aspects of the value of that one great sacrifice. In all of this the Holiness and truth of God are specially prominent, just as in Genesis His power and majesty are displayed, and in Exodus His righteousness and grace.
