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leviticus

/ləˈvɪtəkəs/

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What does leviticus mean?

proper noun

  1. The third of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible; the third book in the Torah.

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IPA pronunciation

/ləˈvɪtəkəs/

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This is followed by ten or twelve enactments of the same kind, copied verbatim from the books of Exodus, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy.
Alexis de TocquevilleDemocracy in America — Volume 1Translated by Henry ReeveProject Gutenberg ebook #815
One of the points upon which they attacked him was his assertion that the reference in Leviticus to the hare chewing its cud contains an error.
Andrew Dickson WhiteHistory of the Warfare of Science with Theology in ChristendomProject Gutenberg ebook #505
More book examples (3)
The God of Leviticus was all these things.
H. G. (Herbert George) WellsGod, the Invisible KingProject Gutenberg ebook #1046
So we shall have a Bible defense of cannibalism; we shall hear our evangelists quoting Leviticus: "They shall eat the flesh of their own sons and daughters."
Upton SinclairThe Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic InterpretationProject Gutenberg ebook #1558
Why, before, he looked like the orneriest old rip that ever was; but now, when he’d take off his new white beaver and make a bow and do a smile, he looked that grand and good and pious that you’d say he had walked right out of the ark, and maybe was old Leviticus himself.
Mark TwainAdventures of Huckleberry FinnProject Gutenberg ebook #76