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Divine Presence and Community: A Commentary on the Book of Leviticus is unavailable, but you can change that!

This commentary by Frank Gorman shows how Leviticus, though focusing largely on matters associated with the Levitical priesthood, is also important to laypeople. Gorman addresses the question of Israelite identity and what it means to be the people of God. Though a careful application of exegesis and exposition, he shows that Leviticus is, foremost, a call to holiness, a weaving together of...

guarded in, by, and through ritual. Holiness radiates out, by degrees, from the holy of holies. Thus, the outer room of the tent proper is less holy than the holy of holies but more holy than the area outside the tent. The area around the outer altar, in the courtyard, is more holy than the area outside of the large tabernacle structure but less holy than the holy area within the inner tent. The camp outside the large tabernacle structure is less holy than the areas within but more holy than areas
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