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Leviticus

[li-vit-i-kuhs]

noun

  1. the third book of the Bible, containing laws relating to the priests and Levites and to the forms of Jewish ceremonial observance. Lev.



Leviticus

/ ±ōɪˈ±¹ÉŖ³ŁÉŖ°ģə²õ /

noun

  1. Old Testament the third book of the Old Testament, containing Levitical law and ritual precepts

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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of Leviticus1

First recorded in 1375–1425; from Late Latin Lēviticus (liber) ā€œLevitical (book),ā€ from Greek ³¢±š³ÜÄ«³Ł¾±°ģó²õ; Levite, -ic
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ā€œLeviticusā€ features members of the ā€œBlack Boisā€ artistic team, but tirrell warns audiences not to expect a sequel of that popular show.

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Others call menstruation ā€œthe curse,ā€ which can be traced back to the Biblical books of Genesis and Leviticus, in which menstruation and childbirth are depicted as the divine ā€œcurseā€ bestowed upon Eve, Gottlieb said.

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Leviticus’ charge, he said, is a personal challenge to people, not a blueprint for writing a government’s laws.

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Diesel fuel poured on the lawn spelled out LEV 2013, in reference to the Bible verse Leviticus 20:13.

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This routinely prompted religious activists and some public officials to show up quoting Leviticus about how being gay was an ā€œabomination,ā€ often in graphic terms.

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