 The English name Leviticus comes from the Latin "Leviticus," which is in turn from the Greek Λευιτικόν, "Leuitikon", referring to the priestly tribe of the Israelites, “Levi.” The Greek expression is in turn a variant of the rabbinic Hebrew "torat kohanim", "law of priests", as many of its laws relate to priests.In Hebrew the book is called "Vayikra" (), from the opening of the book, "va-yikra" "And He [God] called.