Links to the 22 Units of Leviticus

Short Descriptions of The Twenty-Two Units of Leviticus (Taken from "The literary structure of leviticus")

Unit-triad A: The Sacrificial System - all pericope rows triads

Three Spontaneously Motivated Private Sacrifices

1:1-9	1:10-13	1:14-17	the burnt offering [entirely for the altar]
2:1-3	2:4-13	2:14-16	the cereal offering [primarily for the priest]
3:1-5	3:6-11	3:12-17	the well-being offering [primarily for the devotee]

Sacrifices Required for Expiation

4:1-21	4:22-26	4:27-35	purification offering [classified by sinners]
5:1-6	5:7-10	5:11-13	graduated purification offering [classified by object offered]
5:14-16	5:17-19	5:20-26	reparation offering [classified by sins]

Administrative Order

6:1-6	6:7-11	6:12-16	[priestly offerings]
6:17-23	7:1-6	7:7-10	[offerings of expiation]
7:11-21	7:22-27	7:28-38	[well-being offering]

Unit-triad B – all pericope rows dyads

Inauguration of the Cult and Aftermath

8:1-36	9:1-24	consecration and inaugural service
10:1-7	10:8-11	[death for improper entry to the Tent of Meeting]
10:12-15	10:16-20	eating of priestly portion

Diet Laws

11:1-23	11:24-40	[animals]
11:41-42	11:43-47	[insects]

Childbirth

12:1-4	12:5	[length of impurity]
12:6-7	12:8	[purification]

Unit-triad C: Impurities and Purification

[Impurity from] Scale Disease

13:1-8	13:9-17	[“When a person has…it shall be reported”]
13:18-23	13:24-28	[“The skin of one’s body”]
13:29-37	13:38-39	[“If a man or a woman”]
13:40-44	13:45-46	[צרוע]

Purification

13:47-50	13:51-55	13:56-59	fabrics
14:1-9	14:10-20	14:21-32	[people]
14:33-38	14:39-47	14:48-57	[buildings]

Genital Discharges

15:1-15	15:16-18	male
15:19-24	15:25-33	female

Unit-triad D – all pericope rows triads

Day of Purgation

16:1-2	16:3-22	16:23-28	the ritual
16:29-32	16:32-33	16:34	the date

The Slaughter and Consumption of Meat

17:1-7	17:8-9	17:10-12	[sacrificial]
17:13-14a	17:14b	17:15-16	[non-sacrificial]

Illicit Sexual Practices

18:1-2	18:3-4	18:5	opening exhortation
18:6-16	18:17-21	18:22-23	the prohibitions
18:24-25	18:26-29	18:30	closing exhortation

Focal Unit

Holiness

19:1-2 19: 3 19:4 19:5-10		19:11-12 19:13-14 19:15-16 19:17-19a
19:19b	19:20-22		19:23-25
19:26-27 19:28-30 19:31		19:32 19:33-34 19:35-37

This Unit has a unique structure, which mirrors the structure of the whole book. It is divided into two blocks, of four pairs and three pairs respectively, by a unique triad (19:19b-25). This mirrors the division of the book into seven Unit-triads, divided into blocks of four Unit-triads (A-D) and three Unit-triads (E-G) by the unique Unit XIII. This Unit is the subject of an article, The Stone Tablets of Leviticus 19.htm.

Unit-triad E – all pericope rows triads

Unit XIV (Ch. 20)

Penalties for Molek Worship, Necromancy, and Sexual Offenses

20:1-5	20:6-8	20:9	opening exhortation including penalties for Molek worship and necromancy
20:10-12	20:13-16	20:17-21	penalties for sexual offenses
20:22-24	20:25-26	20:27	closing exhortation

Unit XV (Ch. 21)

Instructions for the Priests

21:1-6	21:7-8	21:9	[all priests]
21:10-12	21:13-15	21:16-24	the High Priest

Unit XVI (Ch. 22:1-25)

[Sanctified Objects]

22:1-2	22:3	22:4-8	[people sanctify]
22:9	22:10-16	22:17-25	[God sanctifies]

Unit-triad F – all pericope rows dyads

Unit XVII (Ch. 22:26-33)

[Animal Birth]

22:26-27	22:28-30	[animal birth]
22:31	22:32-33	[closing exhortation]

Unit XVIII (Ch. 23)

The Holiday Calendar

23:1-3	23:4-8	[seven days]
23:9-14	23:15-22	first barley and wheat offerings
23:23-25	23:26-32	alarm blasts and purgation
23:33-38	23:39-44	the festival of Booths

Unit XIX (Ch. 24)

Tabernacle Oil and Bread; The Case of Blasphemy

24:1-4	24:5-9	oil and bread: [the permanent display in the Tent of Meeting]
24:10-12	24:13-23	the case of the blasphemer and talion laws

Unit-triad G: Redemption

Unit XX (Ch. 25)

Jubilee

25:1-7	25:8-17		25:18-24	[the land]
25:25-28		25:29-34		[property]
25:35-38	25:39-46		25:47-55	[persons]

Unit XXI (Ch. 26)

Blessings Curses and the Recall of the Covenant

26:1	26:2	[Israel’s commitment to God ]
26:3-13	26:14-41	[interaction between God and Israel, blessings and curses]
26:42-44	26:45-46	[God’s commitment to redeem Israel]

Unit XXII (Ch. 27)

Consecrations and their Redemption

27:1-8	27:9-13	27:14-15	[requiring priestly judgment]
27:16-25	27:26-29	27:30-34	[not requiring priestly judgment]

Unit I (ch. 1-3)	Unit II (ch. 4-5)	Unit III (ch. 6-7)I
Unit IV (Ch. 8-10)	Unit V (ch. 11)	Unit VI (Ch. 12)
Unit VII (Ch.13:1-46)	Unit VIII (Ch. 13:47-14:57)	Unit IX (Ch. 15)
Unit X (Ch. 16)	Unit XI (Ch. 17)	Unit XII (Ch. 18)
	Unit XIII (Ch. 19)
Unit XIV (Ch. 20)	Unit XV (Ch. 21)	Unit XVI (Ch. 22:1-25)
Unit XVII (Ch. 22:26-33)	Unit XVIII (Ch. 23)	Unit XIX (Ch. 24)
Unit XX (Ch. 25)	Unit XXI (Ch. 26)	Unit XXII (Ch. 27)