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A key-word search index to the contents of this site, entries that begin with the letter L, section Lay to Leviticus. (The other sections under L are Labour to Lawlessness, Lia Fail to Loukas and Love to Lystra.)

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Lay, lay people, layman, laymen

• Etymology: The adjective "lay" is from the early 14th century, from Old French lai, "secular", from Late Latin laicus ("common", "of the people"), originally from Greek laikos, "of the people" – that is, "unofficial", "civilian". Apparently, the Greek word laikos was often used as a derogatory term; compare with the old Greek noun idiotês which originally meant "a private person", "an individual", "a common man".
• The words and concepts "laymen" and "clergy" are not biblical. They are of Catholic origin. → es07c.htm – ea08b.htm
• The churches of this world have priests, but the facts are that the New Covenant has no mortal priesthood. The saints had only one priest, Jesus. → ee02b.htm – ea08b.htm – ee01c.htm
• The concept of "ordaining", which appears in many bible-translations produced by "clergymen", has no support in the Greek text of the New Testament. → ee02b.htm
• The word and concept "clergy" is in a twisted way derived from the Greek word klêros in Deuteronomy 18 in the LXX version. → es07c.htm
• Look also below, under the heading "Laying on of hands", and under the headings "Clergy", "Assembly", "Presbuteros", "Elders", "Ordain" and "Episkopos".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Laying on of hands

• Did the saints lay their hands on the elders they chose? Were those elders "ordained"? → ee02b.htm
• Who had the power to lay hands on people so that they received the Holy Spirit? → ea09b.htm – eb01c.htm
• The gift which Timothy had received "with the laying on of the hands of the eldership" (1 Timothy 4:14) was obviously the Holy Spirit. → eb01c.htm
• Hebrews 6:2, "... teaching about ceremonial washings, the laying on of hands ..." → es04-2.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Layman, laymen – Look above, under the heading "Lay, lay people, layman, laymen".

Leader, leaders, leadership, leading

• The word "leadership" is not found in the KJ version (1769). And, as to the word "leader" in KJV-1769 New Testament: There, the only passage that contains the word "leader", is Matthew 15:14, "Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch." → ee03c.htm
• Many bible-translations make it seem that Paul told people to follow him, as a "leader", but a control of the pertinent words in the Greek text of Paul's letters reveals that he did not do that. What he did was instead that he told the saints to imitate (copy) his ways and manners, in regard to a certain specific matter. It is important for believers to know what that example was. → em03c.htm
• Around 1970, a certain American preacher and writer coined the phrase "servant leadership". Out of that, some have produced a dogma in support for church hierarchies. But, are such dogmas biblical? Were elders in the saints' fellowships "servant leaders"? → ee03c.htm – em03c.htm – ea09b.htm
• Who really has biblical, spiritual or religious authority? Who can speak for God? What does the Bible say about that matter – what did Jesus teach regarding it? Knowing the answers to those questions is a vital key to understanding the Bible in a better and deeper way. → es06d.htm
• Should believers look up to "spiritual leaders", and follow them? → ee03c.htm – em03c.htm
• How many leaders, teachers and masters were the saints to have? → ee03c.htm – em03c.htm
• Are "spiritual leadership", "church leadership" or "servant leadership" biblical concepts? → ee03c.htm – em03c.htm – ea09b.htm – ee04c.htm – (es05c.htm) – es06d.htm – es07c.htm – es08c.htm
• "Power" among Jesus' disciples. Also: Did the apostle Peter receive some "special powers"? What about "apostolic power", and "power" in general, among the saints? What does the New Testament say about these things? → ea09b.htm
• 1 Corinthians 1:10 and the words "all speak the same thing". What did the apostle Paul mean? → ea06c.htm
• Look also under the heading "Assembly".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Leaf, leaves

• During the Feast of Booths, boughs of willow branches were attached to the altar. People held palm leaves in their hands. On the seventh and last day, the people beat their palm leaves into pieces, by the side of the altar, and the leaves of the willow-boughs above the altar were shaken off. → ex06c.htm – ex07c.htm – (ex08c.htm)
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Leah

• Leah the daughter of Laban was one of Jacob's wives. She was the mother of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun and Dinah. → (es04-2.htm) – (eg01c.htm)
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Learn, learned, learning

• Basic keys to understanding the Bible better by avoiding certain common errors and pitfalls. → eg02c.htm
• Methods and tools for bible study. → es01d.htm – es02c.htm
• Paul to the saints in Philippi: "I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am" (Philippians 4:10). → em10b.htm
• Romans 16:17, "Now I urge you, brethren, keep your eye on those who cause dissensions and hindrances contrary to the teaching which you learned, and turn away from them". → ea10c.htm
• Look also under the headings "Know", "Knowledge", "Understand, understanding", "Wise, wisdom" and "Study".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Leaven, leavened, unleavened

• In the Bible, "leavened" refers to dough and bread that had been raised (fermented) and baked with sourdough.
  • "Unleavened" refers to dough and bread that had been baked without fermentation (without sourdough).
  • A note: Today, the fermentation is often done with yeast. (Bread baked with yeast is leavened, of course.) Leaven can also be replaced by different chemical substances, which go under the group-name "baking powder".
• But, the word "leaven" is used also in symbolic meanings in the Bible, especially in the New Testament.
• In certain of the Old Covenant's rituals, unleavened bread was to be used (bread made without fermentation) – while in certain other rituals, the use of leaven was actually demanded.
• The actual symbolism of leaven (and unleavened things) in the Old Covenant's ritual. → ex01c.htm
• The Days of Unleavened Bread, their symbolism and prophetic message, and what leaven symbolised. → ex01c.htm
• For those who are interested: A printable, bible-based word-search puzzle with words related to the Days of Unleavened Bread. → puzzle60-p.pdf – A large print version, and many more bible-based word-mazes. → ep01.htm
• The leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees. → eo12c.htm – eo13b.htm
• The leaven of Herod. → ex01c.htm – eo12c.htm
• Paul to the saints in Corinth: "A little leaven leavens the whole lump" (1 Corinthians 5:6). → ea10c.htm – ex01c.htm – ex10d.htm
• Paul to the saints in Corinth: "Therefore we should feast, not by old leaven, nor by leaven of evil and wickedness, but by non-leaven of sincerity and truth" (1 Corinthians 5:8). → ea10c.htm – ex01c.htm – ex10d.htm
• The Old Covenant's Days of Unleavened Bread and the Passover season. → ex01c.htm
• Some have claimed that in the Bible, "leaven symbolises sin", but that is not so. Also: Jesus used leaven as a symbol of both good and bad things. → ex01c.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Lebbaeus, Lebbeus (Lebbaios, Lebbaeus surnamed Thaddaeus, the apostle) → es04-2.htm (For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.)

Leqach → (es08c.htm)

Lelumenon and dedemenon → eb08c.htm (see even the footnote in that essay)

Lentils

• Esau sold his birthright for (as some translations have it), "bread and pottage of lentils". → ea12c.htm – ey04c.htm

Letter, letters

• Strange as it may sound, the often mentioned phrase "the letter of the law" is not found in the Bible, nor is the phrase "the spirit of the law" found there. The passages in question, 2 Corinthians 3:6 and Romans 7:6, talk about the letter (the Old Covenant and its written code) as opposed to the Spirit (the Holy Spirit and the New Covenant). → ec13c.htm
• On the apostle Paul's teachings which are recorded in his letters. → eo11b.htm
• Look also under the headings "Epistle, epistles", "James", "John", "Jude", "Paul" and "Peter".
• On how the Greek alphabet is at this site transcribed into English letters, look under the heading "Greek".
• For sending a letter to the author of these pages, see the page purpose.htm for an address.
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Levi (Hebrew, Leviy)

• Levi was Jacob's third son (born by Leah, her third child, see Genesis 29:34).
  • Levi's descendants came to form the tribe of Levi, one of Israel's twelve tribes. – Look under the heading "Tribes of Israel".
• The Levitical priesthood. – Look below, under the heading "Levites".
• The book of Leviticus. – Look below, under the heading "Leviticus".
• Regarding the matter of the tithe, see the essay em01d.htm, and look also under the heading "Silver and gold".
• Levi (the son of Alphaeus, Mark 2:14 and Luke 5:27) was another name for the apostle Matthew. → es04-2.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Leviathan (Hebrew livyathan, Job 41:1 and so on.) → ed03b.htm

Levite, Levites, and the Old Covenant's Levitical priesthood

• The Levites (the tribe of Levi), were descendants of Levi, Jacob's third son.
• Initially, the Old Covenant had neither a Levite priesthood nor a tithe system. Those were an addition, a change of what had originally been agreed upon. → em01d.htm
• Under the Old Covenant, the Levites' had a right to a certain share of the "tithe" which was a tenth part of the Promised Land's agricultural produce. → em01d.htm
• Regarding the claim that preachers supposedly have taken over "Levi's inheritance". → es07c.htm – em05e.htm – em01d.htm
• Regarding the tribe of Levi and the tribes of Israel in general, look above, under the heading "Levi", and also under the heading "Tribes of Israel".
• Regarding the book of Leviticus, look below, under the heading "Leviticus".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Leviticus (the third book of Moses)

• The book-name "Leviticus" (Latin) is apparently a reference to the fact that that book contains instructions regarding the Levitical priesthood and the rituals they were to perform. (The Levites were a tribe of Israel, descendants of Levi the son of Jacob.)
• Passages in the book of Leviticus, mentioned at this site:
  • Leviticus 1
    • 3-17 → (ea04c.htm)
  • Leviticus 2
    • 13 → eo14c.htm
  • Leviticus 3
    • 16-17 → ex10d.htm
  • Leviticus 7
    • 34 → eg09b.htm
  • Leviticus 16
    • 7-10 → ex05b.htm – ec05c.htm
    • 8 → (ec05c.htm)
    • 10 → (ec05c.htm)
    • 15 → ex05b.htm – (ec05c.htm)
    • 21-22 → ex05b.htm – ec05c.htm
    • 26 → (ex05b.htm) – (ec05c.htm)
    • 29-31 → ex05b.htm
    • 31 → (ex03c.htm)
  • Leviticus 17
    • 7 → (ed08c.htm)
  • Leviticus 19
    • 11 → eo05c.htm
    • 16 → eo05c.htm
    • 18 → (ec07d.htm)
    • 31 → (ed08c.htm)
    • 33 → (et04c.htm)
  • Leviticus 20
    • 6-7 → (ed08c.htm)
    • 26 → ec02d.htm
  • Leviticus 23
    • 4-5 → ex09c.htm
    • 6 → (ex01c.htm)
    • 9-16 → ex09c.htm
    • 10-16 → ex01c.htm
    • 10-17 → ex02c.htm
    • 15 → eo06f.htm
    • 15-20 → ex02c.htm
    • 23-25 → ex04c.htm
    • 24 → (et06d.htm)
    • 27 → ex09c.htm
    • 27-32 → ex05b.htm – (ex09c.htm)
    • 32 → ex09c.htm – (ex03c.htm)
    • 33-36 → ex06c.htm
    • 34 → ex07c.htm
    • 36 → ex08c.htm
    • 39 → ex08c.htm
    • 39-43 → ex06c.htm – ex07c.htm
    • 43 → (ex01c.htm)
  • Leviticus 24
    • 1-9 → (ec11c.htm)
    • 2 → (et01e.htm)
  • Leviticus 25
    • 4 → (et09b.htm)
    • 8-10 → ex04c.htm – ec05c.htm
    • 9-10 → ex05b.htm – (et06d.htm)
    • 13-14 → ec05c.htm
    • 16 → (ec06f.htm)
    • 19 → (em01d.htm)
    • 21 → (ec05c.htm)
    • 45-46 → eg09b.htm
  • Leviticus 26
    • 13-33 → ey02c.htm
    • 14-39 → ey05c.htm
    • 18 → ey06b.htm
    • 27-33 → ey06b.htm
  • Leviticus 27
    • 26 → (em01d.htm)
    • 30 → (em01d.htm)
• Look also under the headings "Moses", "Levites", "Tribes of Israel" and "Old Testament".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

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