Leviticus 2
2
Grain-Offering
1-3“When you present a Grain-Offering to God, use fine flour. Pour oil on it, put incense on it, and bring it to Aaron’s sons, the priests. One of them will take a handful of the fine flour and oil, with all the incense, and burn it on the Altar for a memorial: a Fire-Gift, a pleasing fragrance to God. The rest of the Grain-Offering is for Aaron and his sons—a most holy part of the Fire-Gifts to God.
4“When you present a Grain-Offering of oven-baked loaves, use fine flour, mixed with oil but no yeast. Or present wafers made without yeast and spread with oil.
5-6“If you bring a Grain-Offering cooked on a griddle, use fine flour mixed with oil but without yeast. Crumble it and pour oil on it—it’s a Grain-Offering.
7“If you bring a Grain-Offering deep-fried in a pan, make it of fine flour with oil.
8-10“Bring the Grain-Offering you make from these ingredients and present it to the priest. He will bring it to the Altar, break off a memorial piece from the Grain-Offering, and burn it on the Altar: a Fire-Gift, a pleasing fragrance to God. The rest of the Grain-Offering is for Aaron and his sons—a most holy part of the gifts to God.
11-13“All the Grain-Offerings that you present to God must be made without yeast; you must never burn any yeast or honey as a Fire-Gift to God. You may offer them to God as an offering of firstfruits but not on the Altar as a pleasing fragrance. Season every presentation of your Grain-Offering with salt. Don’t leave the salt of the covenant with your God out of your Grain-Offerings. Present all your offerings with salt.
14-16“If you present a Grain-Offering of firstfruits to God, bring crushed heads of the new grain roasted. Put oil and incense on it—it’s a Grain-Offering. The priest will burn some of the mixed grain and oil with all the incense as a memorial—a Fire-Gift to God.”
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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 burned 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 burned 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 of 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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