The Priestly Code (in Hebrew Torat Kohanim, תורת כהנים) is the name given, by academia, to the body of laws expressed in the Torah which do not form part of the Holiness Code, the Covenant Code, the Ritual Decalogue, or the Ethical Decalogue. The Priestly Code constitutes the majority of Leviticus, as well as some of the laws expressed in Numbers. The code forms a large portion, approximately one third, of the commandments of the Torah, and thus is a major source of Jewish law. It is termed the Priestly Code due to its large concern with ritual and the Jewish priesthood, and also, in critical scholarship, it is defined as the whole of the law code believed to be present in the Priestly Source except for the Holiness Code. Under the documentary hypothesis, while some scholars believe that the Priestly Code was created to rival the Ethical Decalogue and Covenant Code, others believe was intended as only supplementary to the Holiness Code. Constituent parts Although the majority of the code forms the bulk of Leviticus, there are several laws which appear in other places in the Torah. The code is generally regarded to contain the following laws : Law of circumcision (Genesis 17) Laws concerning consumption of the Passover meal (Exodus 12:43-49) Laws concerning the keeping of the Sabbath (Exodus 31:14b-17 and 35:1-3) Law concerning the consumption of dead animals, fat, blood, and the portion due to the priest (Leviticus 7:22-38) Law concerning inappropriate behaviour for priests (Leviticus 10:6-15) List of clean and unclean animals (Leviticus 11) Laws of purification and atonement (Leviticus 12, Leviticus 13, and Leviticus 15) Laws interpreting the Holiness Code: The prohibition against consuming the naturally dead (Leviticus 17:15-16) The order to make trespass offerings after sexual involvement with an engaged slavewoman (Leviticus 19:21-22) The prohibition against an anointed high priest uncovering his head or rending his clothes (Leviticus 21:10) The prohibition against offerings by Aaronid priests who are blemished (Leviticus 21:21-22) Case law concerning a blasphemer (Leviticus 24:10-15a and 24:23) The order for a trumpet sounding on Yom Kippur (Leviticus 25:9b) Rules concerning redeeming property (Leviticus 25:23 and 25:26-34) Order to only keep s as slaves (Leviticus 25:40, 25:42, 25:44-46) Rules concerning redeeming people (Leviticus 25:48-52, and 25:54) Law concerning the commutation of vows (Leviticus 27) Miscellaneous laws concerning lepers, and dedicated things (Numbers 5:1-10) Law concerning women suspected of adultery (Numbers 5:11-31) Law