The key to the whole book is chapter 10, verse 10: separate the holy from the common, and the clean from the unclean.
Five themes — blood, victory, glory, the throne of the King, triumph over the powers
Leviticus 10:10–11 and an overview of the whole book: God has moved house and goes with his people into the wilderness; the people begin to learn the lesson of distinguishing.
August 1, 2026 · Student Edition Lesson 2The Day of Atonement as the summit of the whole book — cleanness on the way up, sanctification on the way down; from the distinction between clean and holy to the five offerings as five paths of fellowship with God.
August 8, 2026 Lesson 3Leviticus 1–7 and Leviticus 17:11: because there is life in the blood, it can atone. What divides being accepted from being forgiven, and the fire kept burning on the altar.
August 15, 2026 · Student EditionLev 11–15: the regulations on food, childbirth, skin disease, and discharges — how together they shape a life of distinction. (In preparation)
Lev 16: the center of the book — the one day each year when the Most Holy Place is entered. (In preparation)
Lev 17–20: blood belongs on the altar; the Holiness Code carries the altar’s distinctions into everyday ethics. (In preparation)
Lev 21–24: the boundaries binding the priests themselves, and the times set apart within the year. (In preparation)
Lev 25–27: the land’s rest, the return of inheritance, and the book’s blessings and curses (with course review). (In preparation)