LEVITICUS The Blueprint for Redemption TITLE The original Hebrew title of this third book of the Law is taken from the first word, translated “And He called.” Several OT books derive their Hebrew names in the same manner (e.g., Genesis, “In the beginning”; Exodus, “Now these are the names”). The title “Leviticus” comes from the ancient scholars who produced the Latin Vulgate version of the Greek OT (LXX). The orginal title Leuitikon means literally “matters of the Levites” (25:32, 33). While the book
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