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leviticus

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1. leviticus - Noun

2. Leviticus - Proper noun

Meaning

The third canonical book of the Old Testament, containing the laws and regulations relating to the priests and Levites among the Hebrews, or the body of the ceremonial law.

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Well the book of Leviticus and Deuteronomy, the law of the jungle and the sea are your only teachers. Bob Dylan

The next day the newspaper headlines read, "Cat Says, Kill Rushdie." I was abhorred, but what could I do? I was a new Muslim. If you ask a Bible student to quote the legal punishment of a person who commits blasphemy in the Bible, he would be dishonest if he didn't mention Leviticus 24:16. Cat Stevens

It was not until the next evening that he discovered he had a page from Leviticus stuck to his back. Annie Proulx

And good luck with getting hate crime legislation through the LA – unless its designed to protect pearl clutching Christians from being offended by posts mocking Leviticus. Source: Internet

Although Leviticus calls for the killing of anyone who commits a homosexual act, evangelicals believe that this was part of the Mosaic law. Source: Internet

As they so often did and do, our sages and rabbis, interpreting Leviticus 6:3-4, found profound meaning and guidance for proper behavior in the mundane. Source: Internet

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