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The Bible · 24/54

Vayikra

The offerings, and restitution for what was taken from another.

Hebrew name
וַיִּקְרָא
Book
Leviticus
Verses
Lv 1,1–5,26
Haftara
Is 43,21–44,23

The book of service begins with a distinction that tradition has never relaxed: the offering does not erase a fault committed against another until the wrong is not repaired and the good restored. Worship does not replace justice. The text also provides for a reduced offering for the poor, so that access to the rite does not depend on fortune.