Leviticus - 𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤓𐤀

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Canonical Versions

Version	Modern or critical edition	Selected manuscript/s
Masoretic Text of Leviticus - in Hebrew	ויקרא (לפי נוסח חמסורה) מקור: מִקְרָא עַל־פִּי הַמָּסוֹרָה	Leningrad Codex
Samaritan Leviticus - in Samaritan Hebrew	ࠅࠉࠒࠓࠀ࠰ ࠀࠋ࠰ ࠌࠔࠄ ࠌࠒࠅࠓ: ࠉࠔࠓࠀࠋ࠰ ࠁࠍ࠰ ࠂࠌࠋࠉࠀࠋ࠰ ࠑࠃࠒࠄ Benyamim Tsedaka's transcription and commentary (source of image at left)	Samaritan Pentateuch (Gaster Samaritan MS 1133) , 1300-1500 CE. Trilingual Samaritan Pentateuch (Gaster Samaritan MS 814), 1905 CE
Targum Onkelos on Leviticus - in Jewish Aramaic	תרגום אונקלוס על ויקרא מקור: מצודה: חומש שפתי חכמים combined critical edition מקור: ארמיטה	Bodleian Library MS. Oppenheim 13 - Hebrew with Targum Onkelos
Peshitta Leviticus - in Syriac Aramaic	ܟܗܢ̈ܐ ܡܒܘܥܐ: ארמיטה	Codex Ambrosianus
Orit Leviticus - in Ge'ez	ኦሪት ፡ ዘሌዋውያን ። ዐይን: Augustus Dillman	"Pre-Solomonic" ms.: BN Éth. 3 (1262-1277) Likely typical "early" mss.: Davies Kebran (1417/18) [p: 74]; IES 294 (15th c.) [p: 117]; EMML 9001(15th c.) [p: 32]; Davies Bizan 1 (16th c.) [p: 62] Likely typical "standardized" mss.: EMML 6359 (1678) [p: 57]; EMIP 754 (18th c.) [p: 26] Likely typical "modern" mss.: EMIP 1115 (1895/6) [p: 105]; Unesco 2-4 (1900-1925) [p: 2_54]; IES 77 (Haile Selassie Bible) (1934) [p: 47r] Beta Israel mss.: NLI Tofsei HaOrit 1 (15th c.); NLI Tofsei HaOrit 2 (scribe Amda Maryam) (15th-16th c.); NLI Or. 87 (Hoharwa Monastery) (17th c.); EMIP 2111 (Haverford Octateuch) (17th-18th c.) [p: 78]; D'Abbadie 148 (18th c.); Ben Zvi Institute 6001 (20th c.) Potential "Outlier" mss.: BL Or. 480 (14th-15th c.) [p: 181]; EMML 1929 (1434-68) [p: 93]; Gunda Gunde 60 (16th c.) [p: __]; EMML 7637 (16th c.) [p: 78]; Cambridge Ms. 1570 (translated by Jacob the Israelite) (1588); EMML 1842 (1662/3) [p: 87]; EMML 39 (19th c.) [p: 69]
Septuagint Leviticus - in Koine Greek	Λευιτικόν: Rahlfs' edition πηγή: nocr Swete's edition πηγή: biblehub	Codex Vaticanus (p: 99) Codex Alexandrinus Codex Sinaiticus (incomplete)
Vulgate Leviticus - in Latin	leviticus fons: vulgate.org	Codex Gigas

Semi-canonical and non-canonical versions

Version	Modern or critical edition	Selected manuscript/s
Dead Sea Scrolls versions of Leviticus - in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek	ספר ויקרא: נוסחי מגילות ים המלח מקור: הדרך ליהוה	Most Dead Sea Scrolls Leviticus fragments additional Paleo-Hebrew Leviticus fragments 4Q119 = 4Q LXX-Leviticus (Greek)
Samaritan Targum of Leviticus (semi-canonical) - in Samaritan Aramaic	ࠕࠓࠂࠅࠌ࠰ ࠀࠓࠌࠉ࠰ ࠔࠅࠌࠓࠅࠍࠉ: ࠅࠉࠒࠓࠀ࠰ ࠀࠋ࠰ ࠌࠔࠄ ࠌࠒࠅࠓ: ארמיטה	Trilingual Samaritan Pentateuch (Gaster Samaritan MS 814), 1905 CE - Samaritan Hebrew, Aramaic, and Arabic
Early Palestinian Christian versions of Leviticus - in "Syriac" Aramaic	general fragments ܡܒܘܥܐ: ארמיטה
Septuagint-based Syriac versions of Leviticus - Syriac Aramaic -- (SHOW/HIDE)
Syro-Hexaplar (Septuagint) Leviticus	ܠܘܝܵܐ: full text (not available online) Arthur Vööbus: The Pentateuch in the Version of the Syro-Hexapla Fragments: Leviticus 8, 23 Willem Baars: New Syro-Hexaplaric texts. Only previews available at this link. small fragments from Leviticus Ceriani: Monumenta sacra et profana vol. 1 Leviticus 26 John Gwynn: Remnants of the later Syriac versions of the Bible Leviticus 19 M.H. Gottstein: Neue Syrohexaplafragmente [doc. p. 10]	Vööbus's Midyat ms. (partial images): part 1, part 2, part 3.
Jacob of Edessa's revision of Leviticus (a combination of the Syro-Hexapla and the Peshitta)	ܟܗܢ̈ܐ (one major lacuna in the extant text)	BNF Syriaque 26
Vetus Latina ("Old Latin") Leviticus - in Latin	leviticus fons: Petri Sabatier	Codex Lugdunensis (p: 50R)
Additional Jewish Targumim - in Jewish Aramaic -- (SHOW/HIDE)
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on Leviticus (semi-canonical)	תרגום המיוחס ליונתן על ויקרא מקור: תורת אמת	BL Add. 27031
Targum "Jerusalem" from the Mikraoth Gedoloth on Leviticus (semi-canonical)	תרגום "ירושלמי" של מקראות גדולות על ויקרא מקור: דוד ויסקוט
Targum Neofiti on Leviticus	תרגום ניאופיטי על ויקרא מקור: ארמיטה	Neofiti.1 (p: 201r)
Marginalia of Targum Neofiti on Leviticus	הערת שורים של תרגום ניאופיטי על ויקרא מקור: ארמיטה
Fragmentary Targum of Leviticus from Qumran	חלק תרגום ויקרא מקומראן מקור: ארמיטה	4Q156 / 4Q Targum Leviticus
Fragmentary Targumim of Leviticus from the Cairo Geniza	חלקי תרגום ויקרא מגניזת קהיר מקור: ארמיטה
Fragmentary Palestinian Targumim of Leviticus	חלקי תרגומי א"י על ויקרא מקור: ארמיטה

Related quasi-biblical texts

Version	Modern or critical edition	Selected manuscript/s
Dead Sea Scrolls Texts Closely Related to Leviticus - in Hebrew -- (SHOW/HIDE)
"Otot" Text from Qumran - in Hebrew	4Q319 מתוך: מגילת הסרכים מקור: : מאגרים	4Q319 = 4Q Otot
Liturgical Text Quoting Leviticus - in Hebrew	4Q249 (search "4Q249" to see all fragments) מקור: : qumran-digital	4Q249 = Cryptic A Liturgical Text Quoting Leviticus

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