dec 31, 1512 BC - Leviticus
Description:
Writer(s): Moses
Place Written: Wilderness of Sinai
Writing Completed: 1512 B.C.E.
Time Covered: 1 Month (1512 B.C.E.)
The third book of the Pentateuch, containing laws from God on sacrifices, purity, and other matters connected with Jehovah's worship. The Levitical priesthood, carrying out its instructions, rendered sacred service in "a typical representation and a shadow of the heavenly things." - Heb 8:3-5; 10:1.
Period Covered
Not more than a month is covered by the events given in the book. Most of Leviticus is devoted to listing Jehovah's ordinances rather than recounting various happenings over an extended period of time. The tabernacle's erection on the first day of the first month in the second year of Israel's departure from Egypt is mentioned in the final chapter of Exodus, the book preceding Leviticus. (Ex 40:17) Then, the book of Numbers (immediately following the Leviticus account) in its first verses (1:1-3) begins with God's command to take a census, stated to Moses "on the first day of the second month in the second year of their coming out of the land of Egypt."
When and Where Written
The logical time for the writing of the book would be 1512 B.C.E., at Sinai in the wilderness. Testifying that Leviticus was indeed written in the wilderness are its references that reflect camp life. - Le 4:21; 10:4, 5; 14:8; 17:1-5.
it-2 pp. 242-244
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