Leviticus 2:16
And part of the meal of the offering and part of the oil and all the perfume is to be burned for a sign by the priest: it is an offering made by fire to the Lord.
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In Context
15And put oil on it and perfume: it is a meal offering.
Cross References
Leviticus 2:1And when anyone makes a meal offering to the Lord, let his offering be of the best meal, with oil on it and perfume:
Leviticus 2:9And he is to take from the meal offering a part, for a sign, burning it on the altar; an offering made by fire for a sweet smell to the Lord.
Psalms 141:2Let my prayer be ordered before you like a sweet smell; and let the lifting up of my hands be like the evening offering.
Isaiah 61:1The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;
Hebrews 5:7Who in the days of his flesh, having sent up prayers and requests with strong crying and weeping to him who was able to give him salvation from death, had his prayer answered because of his fear of God.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 2:12-16
11 No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the Lord , shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the Lord made by fire. 12 As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the Lord : but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour. 13 And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt… Read the whole commentary →