The purpose of this paper is to examine Leviticus, the third book of the Torah. Leviticus is a book filled with mandates that the early Israelites were to uphold and live by. All of the regulations have a common goal. The goal is to unify

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Leviticus: A Guide

Running Head: A GUIDE TO THE ISRAELITES: LEVITICUS

Leviticus: A Guide to the Israelites

Jennifer Steele

University of South Carolina Aiken

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The purpose of this paper is to examine Leviticus, the third book of the Torah. Leviticus is a book filled with mandates that the early Israelites were to uphold and live by. All of the regulations have a common goal. The goal is to unify the Israelites through God and to preserve the tribe.

        The book of Leviticus is the third book of the Torah. Leviticus acts as a “how-to” guide for the early Israelites. It illustrates how to worship God and how the Israelites should live their lives. The book is very detailed and gives specific instructions to about many different aspects of life. The purpose of the instructions is to glorify God and unite his people. The main focus is how each individual can remain “clean” both physically and spiritually. A major concept of Leviticus is “cleanliness” of each individual leads to the over all betterment of God’s people. Thus Leviticus is written with and can be interpreted with a social psychological perspective.

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        The first seven chapters of Leviticus focus on how God should be worshiped by the Israelites. Several different types of offerings to God are described in great detail. They are instructed specifically what offerings would please God. Many different things could be offered such as, sheep, goats, bulls, doves, pigeons, or even uncooked or cooked grain.  Instructions were also given about how to prepare the offerings so tht they would please God. The primary requirement for every offering was that it was to bee of the highest quality. One thing all offerings have in common is that they are to ...

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