The name that is given to this book in English, Leviticus, comes to us from Greek via Latin. It means “the levitical [book],” that is, the book that deals with what the Levites do. Such a title is apparently based on an assessment of the contents of the book—that it constitutes a manual for priests—a collection of laws pertaining to priests. While it is true that the Hebrew word kōhēn, priest, is one of the most common in the book, the word “levite” itself only occurs four times