Leviticus 21 draws holiness to the altar’s edge—ordering priestly grief, marriage, and service so God’s name is honored. The chapter’s refrain, “I… make you holy,” points to Christ, the perfect High Priest who opens a living way and welcomes a people to share His holiness.
Leviticus 20 names sanctions that protect worship, families, and the vulnerable while calling Israel to consecration. The chapter’s gift-and-command refrain—“I make you holy”—points to Christ, who cleanses and empowers a holy life by His Spirit.
Leviticus 19 brings God’s holiness into ordinary life—wages, words, welcome, and worship. At its heart stands neighbor love, fulfilled in Christ and lived by the Spirit among God’s people today.
Leviticus 18 anchors sexual ethics in God’s character and guards family, worship, and the land from defilement. Its hope points to Christ, who gives clean hearts and teaches His people to walk in the path that leads to life.
Leviticus 17 brings offerings back to the altar and guards the meaning of blood as God’s gift for atonement. It calls Israel—and us—to honor life, reject rival altars, and draw near to God by the way He provides.
Leviticus 16 centers Israel’s year on a single, solemn day when God cleanses people and place. The chapter’s pattern reaches its goal in Jesus, the better High Priest who opens the way into God’s presence for all who come by His blood.
Leviticus 15 brings the tabernacle’s holiness into ordinary life, guiding Israel through uncleanness, washing, and restoration. Its wisdom anticipates Christ, who restores the unclean without lowering God’s holy standard.
Leviticus 14 charts God’s pathway from uncleanness to restoration for people and homes, culminating in a clear verdict: clean. The chapter’s mercy to the poor, priestly mediation, and promise of renewed life anticipate Christ’s cleansing that welcomes the outcast home.
Leviticus 13 trains Israel to protect nearness with truthful diagnosis and patient processes. The chapter’s “outside the camp” geometry points to Christ, whose word makes clean and restores worshipers to the community of joy.
Leviticus 12 treats childbirth as a holy threshold. God paces a mother’s return to worship, marks sons on the eighth day, and welcomes every family—rich or poor—back into His nearness, a pattern fulfilled in Christ.
Leviticus 11 teaches holiness through everyday food—hoof and cud, fins and scales, kitchen and cistern. In Christ the sign shifts from diet to the heart, yet the call remains: distinguish with love, give thanks, and live near to the God who says, “Be holy, because I am holy.”
Leviticus 10 unfolds a crisis after glory: unauthorized fire, holy judgment, sober priests, and a mercy-shaped obedience that still honors God’s word. The chapter warns against self-invented worship while pointing to Christ, the perfect Priest who secures safe nearness for His people.
Leviticus 9 inaugurates priestly ministry on the eighth day. Ordered sacrifices lead to blessing and to the Lord’s glory appearing by holy fire, teaching that acceptance comes from God and that joy and reverence belong together in worship.
Leviticus 8 publicly consecrates Aaron and his sons with washing, clothing, anointing, and sacrifice. The ceremony prepares Israel for holy service and points forward to Christ’s final priesthood and a priestly people made near by His blood and Spirit.
Leviticus 7 gathers regulations for guilt, sin, and fellowship offerings and assigns perpetual priestly portions. Its holy boundaries around table fellowship teach ordered joy now and foreshadow the church’s worship under Christ our High Priest.