Книга 3-я Левит

This book is called Leviticus because it contains a description of the entire Levitical service and how Aaron and his sons are chosen from the tribe of Levi and anointed priests; (she sets out) also the whole variety of sacrifices, the whole order of worship in the church and priestly service. The laws about each sacrifice are also set out - salvation and sacrifice for voluntary and involuntary sin; it is also explained how each of the offerings should be divided and presented. This book describes the anointing of the high priest and priests, as well as the distinction and recognition of the signs of leprosy of people, clothes and walls of the house, and a law is laid down regarding their cleansing; the law on legal marriages is reported and it is indicated which cohabitations are illegal; The division of clean and unclean animals, birds, fish and reptiles is also reported, and it is said which of them Jews can eat and which they should abstain from. Instructions are given about the day of trumpets (celebrated) on the new moon of the seventh month; also the commandment about Great Lent, which is called the Sabbath of Sabbaths and the remission of sins; the commandment is that the Jews should perform it in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month. It contains a decree about the Feast of Tabernacles, on the 15th day of the same month, and about other holidays, and about what offerings should be made during them; also about the release of the purchased Jews, about the forgiveness of debts, about the peace of the earth, which should be in the seventh year. The reminder of all the laws, commandments and testimonies is set forth again; promises are given to those who keep them and the most severe threats to those who break them. The difference between clean and unclean food is called on the following grounds: among livestock, those that have cloven hooves and deep cuts in their hooves, and that regurgitate the cud, are called clean, such as: calf, sheep, goat, deer, buffalo, chamois, gazelle, antelope, tragelaf, camelopard and the like. If they lack any of this, then they are not clean, like the camel, the jerboa and the hare, because although they regurgitate the cud, they do not have cloven hooves; also a pig, because although it has cloven hooves, it does not regurgitate the cud. The following birds are prohibited from being eaten: eagle, vulture, sea eagle, kite, falcon, raven and the like, hawk and the like, eagle owl, fisherman, ibis, swan, pelican and vulture, heron, zoo and the like, hoopoe and pipistrelle. Of the winged reptiles, all those that walk on four legs are called unclean, except for those that have legs higher than their legs to jump on the ground, such as: locusts, pittacus, attacus and the like, and ophiuchos. Of the animals that live in the waters, in the sea, in rivers and streams, those that have feathers and scales are called clean, such as: barvena, scar, glaucus, smut, and the like. Those that lack any of this are unclean and should not be eaten, such as cuttlefish, because although it has feathers, it does not have scales. Of the reptiles on the earth, the following are called unclean: mole, mouse, lizard, shrew, chameleon, askalevat, savr and aspalak. It was unnecessary to mention the snake and the like, since it was obvious that they were disgusting and vile to everyone. However, they are also mentioned in Deuteronomy. There are also decrees about corpses as things that defile, about blood and about wives giving birth. One who produces sperm is considered unclean for seven days. Decrees are also set forth regarding the circumcision of a baby on the eighth day, the monthly purification of women, and the difference between the purification of those giving birth to a male or female child; about leprosy and its cleansing, about those who bleed and those who bleed, about good behavior, about the scapegoat and about fasting; about the fact that there should be no illegal cohabitation, about legal and illegal marriages, that the priest should not take a widow or a freed woman, but a girl without any blemish; about the priest's daughter falling into adultery and that the priest must be blameless, about the gifts offered, about the Sabbaths and holidays, about the Feast of the Passover, tabernacles and trumpets, about oil and light, about the showbread and the year of redemption, about slaves from Jews and Gentiles. The rejection of idols is said this way: “You shall not make for yourselves graven images or graven images, neither shall you set up pillars for yourselves, nor shall you place stones with images in your land to bow down to them, for I am the Lord your God” (Lev.26:1). Added to this are the following threats to the violators: “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would not be slaves there, and broke the bonds of your yoke, and led you with your head lifted up. If you do not listen to Me and do not fulfill all these commandments, and if you despise My statutes, and if your soul abhors My laws, so that you do not fulfill all My commandments, breaking My covenant, then I will do the same to you: I will send upon you horror, stunting and fever, from which your eyes will be weary and your soul will be tormented, and you will sow your seeds in vain, and your enemies will They will eat them up” (Lev.26:13–16). 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