Holiness Code

The Holiness Code refers to a distinct body of legal material within the book of Leviticus, most often identified as chapters 17–26. These commandments address worship practices, ethical conduct, family life, economic behavior, and social responsibility. Holiness is defined as a comprehensive way of living that reflects divine order in both ritual and ordinary activity and often depicted as separation. The Holiness Code repeatedly connects loyalty to God with treatment of others, blending religious obligation with communal ethics. Interpreters identify this material as a self-contained, coherent legal tradition with consistent language and themes that distinguish it from other law collections in the Torah.