Leviticus 2
2
The Grain Offering
1“When anyone presents a grain offering # 2:1 Ex 40:29 as an offering to the Lord, it is to consist of fine flour. # 2:1 Gn 18:6; Ex 29:2,40; Lv 2:1–7 He is to pour olive oil # 2:1 Gn 28:18; 35:14 on it, put frankincense on it, # 2:1 Ex 30:34 2and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. The priest will take a handful of fine flour and oil from it, along with all its frankincense, and will burn this memorial portion # 2:2 Lv 2:9,16; 5:12; 6:8; 24:7; Nm 5:26; Ac 10:4 of it on the altar, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 3But the rest of the grain offering will belong to Aaron and his sons; it is the holiest part # 2:3 Lv 14:13 of the food offerings to the Lord.
4“When you present a grain offering baked in an oven, it is to be made of fine flour, either unleavened cakes # 2:4 Ex 29:2 mixed with oil or unleavened wafers # 2:4 Ex 29:2,23; Lv 7:12; 8:26; Nm 6:15,19; 1Ch 23:29 coated with oil. 5If your offering is a grain offering prepared on a griddle, # 2:5 Lv 6:14; 7:9; 1Ch 23:29; Ezk 4:3 it is to be unleavened bread # 2:5 Ex 12:8; Mt 16:6,11–12; 1Co 5:6–8 made of fine flour mixed with oil. 6Break it into pieces and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering. 7If your offering is a grain offering prepared in a pan, # 2:7 Lv 7:9 it is to be made of fine flour with oil. 8When you bring to the Lord the grain offering made in any of these ways, it is to be presented to the priest, and he will take it to the altar. 9The priest will remove the memorial portion # 2:9 Lit portion of it from the grain offering and burn it on the altar, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 10But the rest of the grain offering will belong to Aaron and his sons; # 2:10 Lv 7:9–10 it is the holiest part of the food offerings to the Lord.
11“No grain offering that you present to the Lord is to be made with yeast, for you are not to burn # 2:11 Some Hb mss, Sam, LXX, Tg read present any yeast # 2:11 Ex 12:14 or honey # 2:11 Jdg 14:8 as a food offering to the Lord. 12You may present them to the Lord as an offering of firstfruits, # 2:12 Gn 49:3; Ex 23:16,19 but they are not to be offered on the altar as a pleasing aroma. 13You are to season each of your grain offerings with salt; you must not omit from your grain offering the salt of the covenant # 2:13 Ex 19:5; Nm 18:19; 2Ch 13:5 with your God. You are to present salt with each of your offerings.
14“If you present a grain offering of firstfruits to the Lord, you are to present fresh heads of grain, crushed kernels, roasted on the fire, for your grain offering of firstfruits. 15You are to put oil and frankincense on it; it is a grain offering. 16The priest will then burn some of its crushed kernels and oil with all its frankincense as a food offering to the Lord.
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Leviticus 2
2
Sacrifices to give thanks to the LORD
The LORD said:
1When you offer sacrifices to give thanks to me,#2.1 sacrifices to give thanks to me: These sacrifices have traditionally been called “grain offerings”. A main purpose of such sacrifices was to thank the LORD with a gift of grain, and so in the CEV they are sometimes called “sacrifices to give thanks to the LORD”. you must use only your finest flour. Put it in a dish, sprinkle olive oil and incense on the flour, 2and take it to the priests from Aaron's family. One of them will scoop up the incense together with a handful of the flour and oil. Then, to show that the whole offering belongs to me, the priest will lay this part on the bronze altar and send it up in smoke with a smell that pleases me. 3The rest of this sacrifice is for the priests; it is very holy because it was offered to me.
4If you bake bread in an oven for this sacrifice, use only your finest flour, but without any yeast. You may make the flour into a loaf mixed with olive oil, or you may make it into thin wafers and brush them with oil.
5If you cook bread in a shallow pan for this sacrifice, use only your finest flour. Mix it with olive oil, but do not use any yeast. 6Then break the bread into small pieces and sprinkle them with oil. 7If you cook your bread in a pan with a lid on it, you must also use the finest flour mixed with oil.
8You may prepare sacrifices to give thanks in any of these three ways. Bring your sacrifice to a priest, and he will take it to the bronze altar. 9Then, to show that the whole offering belongs to me, the priest will lay part of it on the altar and send it up in smoke with a smell that pleases me. 10The rest of this sacrifice is for the priests; it is very holy because it was offered to me.
11Yeast and honey must never be burnt on the altar, so don't ever mix either of these in a grain sacrifice. 12You may offer either of them separately,#2.12 You…separately: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text. when you present the first part of your harvest to me, but they must never be burnt on the altar.
13Salt is offered when you make an agreement with me, so sprinkle salt on these sacrifices.
14Freshly cut grain, either roasted or coarsely ground,#2.14 either…ground: Or “roasted and coarsely ground”. must be used when you offer the first part of your grain harvest. 15You must mix in some olive oil and put incense on top, because this is a grain sacrifice. 16A priest will sprinkle all the incense and some of the grain and oil on the altar and send them up in smoke to show that the whole offering belongs to me.
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