The instructions of Leviticus emphasize ritual, legal and moral practices rather than beliefs. Nevertheless, they reflect the world view of the creation story in Genesis 1 that God wishes to live with humans. The book teaches that faithful performance of the sanctuary rituals can make that possible, so long as the people avoid sin and impurity whenever possible. The rituals, especially the sin and guilt offerings, provide the means to gain forgiveness for sins (Leviticus 4-5) and purification from impurities (Leviticus 11-16) so that God can continue to live in the Tabernacle in the midst of...

The Minor Prophets or Twelve Prophets or occasionally Book of the Twelve, The collection is broken up to form twelve individual books in the Christian Old Testament, one for each of the prophets. The terms "minor prophets" and "twelve prophets" can also refer to the twelve traditional authors of these works. Hosea (Osee) Joel Amos Obadiah (Abdias) Jonah (Jonas) Micah (Micheas) Nahum Habakkuk (Habacuc) Zephaniah (Sophanias) Haggai (Aggeus) Zechariah (Zacharias) Malachi (Malachias)