leviticus 12:1-13:59, annual ki tazria “she conceives” outline

Read Leviticus 12:1-13:59 at Bible Gateway.
The teaching tools of Scripture

Hebrew paragraph divisions

Lev 12:1-8 {p} Purification from uncleanness in childbirth
Lev 13:1-8 {p} Distinguishing uncleanness in leprosy
Lev 13:9-17 {p} Distinguishing cleanness in leprosy
Lev 13:18-23 {s} Distinguishing leprosy in the scar of a boil
Lev 13:24-28 {p} Distinguishing leprosy in the scar of a burn
Lev 13:29-37 {s} Distinguishing leprosy in the scale of the head or beard
Lev 13:38-39 {s} Cleanness in white spots
Lev 13:40-46 {s} Distinguishing leprosy in baldness of the head
Lev 13:47-59 {p} Distinguishing leprosy in a garment

Strong themes of the parashah

Lev 12:1-8 {p} Purification from uncleanness in childbirth
Lev 13:1-8 {p} Distinguishing uncleanness in leprosy
Lev 13:9-17 {p} Distinguishing cleanness in leprosy
Lev13:18-28 {s+p} Distinguishing leprosy in scars of boils or burns
Lev 13:29-59 {sx3+p} Distinguishing leprosy of the head or of a garment

Chiastic structure

Theme of the parashah

The law of uncleanness in childbirth + leprosy

Finding Messiah in Ki Tazria

This separate post is coming.

Additional readings for this parashah

Eze 45:16-46:18 | Luk 2:22-35

Studies in Ki Tazria

Lev 11-13, Clean and unclean defined from Scripture
Lev 12-13, Revelation from the chiastic structure
Lev 12-15, The gospel of grace revealed
Lev 13, Tsara’ath, the evil tongue

Further study off site

Ki Tazria – Restoration of Torah (pdf download)
Ki Tazria Torah Pearls – Nehemiah Gordon and Keith Johnson
Frequently asked questions about tsara’ath or “leprosy” – Ask Moses