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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 825077" data-attributes="member: 1246">TitleIn <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" target="_blank">Hebrew</a> the book is called Vayikra (Hebrew: ויקרא) literally &quot;and He called&quot;,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviticus#cite_note-1" target="_blank">[2]</a> from the first word of the Hebrew text. In the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint" target="_blank">Septuagint</a>, the name given was biblion to Levitikon (Greek: βιβλίον το Λευιτικόν), meaning &quot;book of the Levites,&quot; in line with the Septuagint use of subject themes as book names. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" target="_blank">Latin</a> name became Liber Leviticus, from which the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language" target="_blank">English</a> name is derived. These names are somewhat misleading, as the first 17 chapters of the book are mostly concerned with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen" target="_blank">priesthood</a> descended from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron" target="_blank">Aaron</a>, who only compose a fraction of the tribe of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levite" target="_blank">Levi</a>. The Levites at large are mentioned only once, in Lev. 25:32-33.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 825077, member: 1246"] Title In [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language"][COLOR=#0645ad]Hebrew[/COLOR][/URL] the book is called [I]Vayikra[/I] (Hebrew: ויקרא) literally "and He called",[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviticus#cite_note-1"][COLOR=#0645ad][2][/COLOR][/URL] from the first word of the Hebrew text. In the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint"][COLOR=#0645ad]Septuagint[/COLOR][/URL], the name given was [I]biblion to Levitikon[/I] (Greek: βιβλίον το Λευιτικόν), meaning "book of the Levites," in line with the Septuagint use of subject themes as book names. The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin"][COLOR=#0645ad]Latin[/COLOR][/URL] name became [I]Liber Leviticus[/I], from which the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language"][COLOR=#0645ad]English[/COLOR][/URL] name is derived. These names are somewhat misleading, as the first 17 chapters of the book are mostly concerned with the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen"][COLOR=#0645ad]priesthood[/COLOR][/URL] descended from [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron"][COLOR=#0645ad]Aaron[/COLOR][/URL], who only compose a fraction of the tribe of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levite"][COLOR=#0645ad]Levi[/COLOR][/URL]. The Levites at large are mentioned only once, in Lev. 25:32-33. [/QUOTE]

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