LEVITIC US, BOOK OF

fourth of so called Mosaic books, part of the Priestly Code, the latest of the elements which make up the Pent a teuch. Chapters 17-26 stand somewhat apart. Chapters 1-6 deal with the different sorts of sacrifices offering, sin-offering, and guilt-offering; then follow ritual directions for the priests; 8-10 describe the ceremonies of admi ion to the priesthood; 11-16 give the regulations about clean and unclean meats, which animals may be used for food and which may not; 12-i5 deal with personal purity; and 16 the ritual for the Day of Atonement. Chapters 17-26 are sometimes called the Law of Holine . 'They resemble P rather than the other sources of the Pent a teuch, but have peculiarities of style, and show close resemblances to the Book of Ezekiel. They form an originally separate body of laws, which have probably been modified and inserted into the book. They provide interesting points of agreement and contract with ‘the book of the Covenant,’ Exodus 20-23, The Law of Holine , sometimes symbolized by H, is le detailed. It is po ible that fragments from the same source as exist elsewhere. H was perhaps compiled as the result of the Law of the One Sanctuary, (i.e.) sacrifice was to be offered only in Jerusalem. It is both ritual and moral in scope. » Chapter 27 deals with vows and tithes.