
The Story of Leviticus
The book of Leviticus is the story of how a sinful people can have a relationship with a holy God. The answer is to “be holy as I Am Holy” (Lev 11:45). The end of Exodus and the beginning of Leviticus show that Moses is on the outside of the Tabernacle and the tension is how can he go inside. Leviticus answers the question by laying out four concepts: Rituals, Purity, Priest, and the Day of Atonement. Rituals include sacrifice (Lev 1-7) and the calendar (Lev 23-27). The peopl