{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_ylt_lev_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_ylt_lev_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_ylt_lev_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/ylt/lev.htm","summary":"This is the opening chapters of the biblical book of Leviticus, presented in the Young's Literal Translation (a 19th-century English translation by Robert Young that prioritizes word-for-word accuracy over readability). The text consists entirely of ritual legislation delivered by God to Moses at the tent of meeting, covering the protocols for four major types of sacrificial offerings: burnt offerings (animals or birds consumed entirely by fire), grain/meal offerings (flour, oil, and frankincense), peace offerings (shared between God, priests, and worshippers), and sin offerings (atonement sacrifices for unintentional transgressions by priests, the whole community, rulers, and ordinary individuals). Each section specifies the acceptable animals or materials, the precise procedural steps (laying hands on the animal, slaughtering, sprinkling blood, burning fat on the altar), and the differing requirements based on the offerer's social status or economic means. A notably distinctive feature is the text's insistence on procedural exactness \u2014 which parts of an animal go to the altar, which to the priests, what must be burned outside the camp \u2014 reflecting a theology in which correct ritual performance is itself the mechanism of atonement and covenant relationship. Anyone interested in ancient Israelite priestly religion, the mechanics of sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible, or the distinct register of literal biblical translation will find direct primary-source material here, though readers seeking narrative or theological argument will find this section purely prescriptive and legally formulaic.","tags":["English Bible Translations","Literal Bible Translation","New Testament"],"text":null,"title":"Young's Literal Translation of the Bible: Leviticus","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":25017}