However, the pattern is a thematic one that enables us to see the overall arrangement of the material. Leviticus 11 deals with edible and forbidden food in the first half of the chapter, with rules on defilement interspersed in the latter half. The chapter could be called a chapter on cleanness and uncleanness reflected in the animal world. The theme of Leviticus 12 (defilement from sexual organs) is common to Leviticus 15. Leviticus 13–14 concerns various rules on the so-called skin disease, though