How to Use Leviticus in a Sentence

Leviticus

noun
  • Leprosy hearkens back centuries, all the way to its reference in the Bible in the Book of Leviticus.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 2024-03-28
  • There are three legal codes, one in Exodus, another in Leviticus, a third in Deuteronomy.
    Jonathan Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 2012-11-01
  • Except for his closest family members, the kohen cannot touch a dead corpse, be present at burial, or even be in the same room as a dead body (Leviticus 21:1–4).
    Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 2021-04-26
  • Its fronds are strewn across churchyards worldwide during Palm Sunday processions to symbolize Christ’s last entry into Jerusalem, and palm leaves cover the Sukkot booths during the annual Jewish Feast of the Tabernacles as called for in Leviticus.
    Jacob Jones, JSTOR Daily, 13 Aug. 2025

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