I. Sacrificial Worship
A. Prescriptions for All Israelites (1:1–6:7 [Heb. 5:26])
1. Burnt Offering (1:1–17)
a. Introduction (1:1–2)
b. Herd Animal Victim (1:3–9)
c. Flock Animal (1:10–13)
d. Bird (1:14–17)
2. Grain Offering (2:1–16)
a. Raw Flour (2:1–3)
b. Cooked (2:4–10)
c. Prohibition of Yeast, Honey; Requirement of Salt (2:11–13)
d. Fresh Heads of Grain (2:14–16)
3. Well-Being Offering (3:1–17)
a. Herd Animal (3:1–5)
b. Flock Animal (3:6–16)
c. Prohibition of Eating Suet/Fat and Blood (3:17)
4. Purification Offering (4:1–35)
a. Introduction (4:1–2)
b. High Priest As Offerer (4:3–12)
c. Community (4:13–21)
d. Chieftain (4:22–26)
e. Commoner (4:27–35)
5. Graded Purification Offering (5:1–13)
a. Cases of Sin (5:1–4)
b. Remedy: Confession and Sacrifice (5:5–6)
c. Alternate Less Expensive Offerings (5:7–13)
6. Reparation Offering (5:14–6:7 [Heb. 5:26])
a. Sacrilege Against Holy Things (5:14–16)
b. Suspected Sacrilege (5:17–19)
c. Sacrilege Against Oaths (6:1–7 [Heb. 5:20–26])
B. Additional Sacrificial Instructions for Priests (6:8 [Heb. 6:1]–7:38)
1. Burnt Offering (6:8–13 [Heb. 6:1–6])
2. Grain Offering (6:14–18 [Heb. 6:7–11])
3. High Priest’s Regular Grain Offering (6:19–23 [Heb. 6:12–16])
4. Purification Offering (6:24–30 [Heb. 6:17–23])
5. Reparation Offering (7:1–6)
6. Portions for Priests (7:7–10)
7. Well-being Offering (7:11–36)
a. Thanksgiving, Votive, and Freewill Offerings (7:11–21)
b. Prohibition of Eating Suet/Fat and Blood (7:22–27)
c. Portions for Priests (7:28–36)
C. Summary (7:37–38)
II. Description of Ceremonies That Founded the Ritual System
A. Consecration of Priests and Sanctuary (8:1–36)
1. Preliminary Assembly of Materials and Persons (8:1–5)
2. Washing, Dressing, Anointing (8:6–13)
3. Sacrifices (8:14–30)
a. Purification and Burnt Offerings (8:14–21)
b. Ordination Offering (8:22–30)
4. Instructions for Priests (8:31–36)
B. Inaugural Service (9:1–24)
1. Preliminary Assembly of Materials and Persons (9:1–7)
2. Sacrifices (9:8–21)
a. Purification and Burnt Offerings for Priests (9:8–14)
b. Purification and Burnt Offerings for Nonpriestly Community (9:15–16)
c. Grain and Well-Being Offerings (9:17–21)
3. Blessing and Divine Acceptance (9:22–24)
C. Tragic Disruption (10:1–20)
1. Mistake and Death of Nadab and Abihu (10:1–7)
2. Responsibility of Priests to Maintain Discernment (10:8–11)
3. Responsibility of Priests to Eat Their Portions (10:12–20)
III. Purity Versus Impurity
A. Distinctions Between Pure (Permitted for Eating) and Impure Animals (11:1–47)
1. Land Animals (11:1–8)
2. Sea Creatures (11:9–12)
3. Birds (11:13–19)
4. Winged Insects (11:20–23)
5. Carcasses That Defile by Touch (11:24–40)
6. Swarmers (11:41–45)
7. Summary (11:46–47)
B. Physical Ritual Impurities from Human Sources (12:1–15:33)
1. Postpartum Genital Discharge (12:1–8)
a. Case of Impurity (12:1–5)
b. Sacrificial Remedy (12:6–8)
2. Scaly-Skin Disease (13:1–14:57)
a. On Persons (13:1–46)
b. On Fabrics = Mold (13:47–59)
c. Ritual Purification of Persons (14:1–32)
d. Diagnosis and Ritual Purification of Houses (14:33–53)
e. Summary (14:54–57)
3. Genital Discharges (15:1–33)
a. Abnormal Male (15:1–15)
b. Normal Male, Including Impurity of Female From Intercourse (15:16–18)
c. Normal Female = Menstruation (15:19–24)
d. Abnormal Female (15:25–30)
e. Concluding Warning and Summary (15:31–33)
IV. Purgation of Sanctuary and Camp on Day of Atonement
A. Preliminary Instructions (16:1–5)
B. Preparatory Ritual Activities (16:6–10)
C. Rituals of Purgation (16:11–28)
1. Purgation of the Sanctuary by Purification Offering Blood (16:11–19)
2. Disposal of Moral Evils from Camp on Azazel’s Goat (16:20–22)
3. Concluding and Postrequisite Ritual Activities (16:23–28)
D. Conclusion: Community Observances, Date, Summary (16:29–34)
V. Holy (Sacrificial) Slaughter
A. Requirement for Sacrificial Slaughter of Sacrificeable Animals (17:1–9)
B. Prohibition of Eating Blood (17:10–14)
C. Requirement for Purification After Eating Unslaughtered Carcasses (17:15–16)
VI. Community Holiness
A. Sexuality (18:1–30)
1. Opening Exhortation (18:1–5)
2. Prohibition of Incest (18:6–18)
3. Prohibitions of Other Misuses of “Seed” = Semen/Child (18:19–23)
4. Closing Exhortation (18:24–30)
B. Comprehensive Life of Holiness (19:1–37)
1. Opening Call to Holiness (19:1–2)
2. Examples of Religious, Social, Ethical, and Agricultural Holiness (19:3–36a)
3. Closing Exhortation (19:36b–37)
C. Terminal Penalties for Inexpiable Offenses (20:1–27)
1. Molech Worship and Occult (20:1–6)
2. Exhortation (20:7–8)
3. Dishonoring/Cursing Parents (20:9)
4. Sexual Offenses (20:10–21)
5. Exhortation (20:22–26)
6. Occult (20:27)
VII. Special Holy Entities
A. Holy Priests (21:1–24)
1. Restrictions on Priests Regarding Mourning and Marriage (21:1–9)
2. Restrictions on High Priest Regarding Mourning and Marriage (21:10–15)
3. Prohibition of Physically Blemished Priests from Officiating (21:16–24)
B. Holy Offerings (22:1–33)
1. Qualifications and Disqualifications for Eating Holy Food (22:1–16)
2. Qualifications and Disqualifications of Animal Sacrifices (22:17–30)
3. Concluding Exhortation (22:31–33)
C. Holy Times (23:1–44)
1. Overall Introduction (23:1–2)
2. Sabbath (23:3)
3. Yearly Festivals (23:4–44)
a. Spring Festivals (23:4–22)
b. Autumn Festivals (23:23–44)
D. Holy Light and Bread (24:1–9)
1. Oil for Sanctuary Lamps (24:1–4)
2. “Bread of the Presence” for Sanctuary Table (24:5–9)
E. Holy Divine Name (24:10–23)
1. Narrative of Brawling Blasphemer (24:10–14)
2. Laws Against Blasphemy and Assault (24:15–22)
3. Conclusion of Narrative (24:23)
1. Sabbatical Year (25:1–7)
2. Jubilee Year (25:8–55)
a. Cyclical Release to Restore Economic Equilibrium (25:8–24)
b. Remedies for Stages of Sold Property, Lost Property, and Slavery (25:25–55)
G. Holy Covenant (26:1–46)
1. Blessings for Obedience to God’s Commandments (26:1–13)
2. Curses for Covenant Violation Through Disobedience (26:14–39)
3. Restoration (26:40–45)
4. Summary (26:46)
H. Holy Consecrations, and Redemption of Them (27:1–34)
1. Consecrations Through Vows (27:1–25)
a. Of Persons (27:1–8)
b. Of Animals (27:9–13)
c. Of Real Estate (27:14–25)
2. Other Holy Items (27:26–33)
3. Summary (27:34)