Leviticus 2:3

And the rest of the meal offering will be for Aaron and his sons; it is most holy among the Lord's fire offerings.

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In The King James Version

And the remnant of the meat offerings shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.

In Context

2And let him take it to Aaron's sons, the priests; and having taken in his hand some of the meal and of the oil, with all the perfume, let him give it to the priest to be burned on the altar, as a sign, an offering made by fire, for a sweet smell to the Lord.

4And when you give a meal offering cooked in the oven, let it be of unleavened cakes of the best meal mixed with oil, or thin unleavened cakes covered with oil.

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Cross References

Exodus 29:37For seven days you are to make offerings for the altar and make it holy, so that it may become completely holy, and anything touching it will become holy.

Leviticus 5:13And the priest will take away his sin and he will have forgiveness: and the rest of the offering will be the priest's, in the same way as the meal offering.

Leviticus 6:16\6:23\Every meal offering offered for the priest is to be completely burned: nothing of it is to be taken for food.

Leviticus 7:7As is the sin-offering, so is the offering for wrongdoing; there is one law for them: the priest who makes the offering to take away sin, he is to have it.

Leviticus 10:12And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons who were still living, Take the rest of the meal offering from the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and take it for your food, without leaven, at the side of the altar, for it is most holy.

Leviticus 14:13And he is to put the male lamb to death in the place where they put to death the sin-offering and the burned offering, in the holy place; for as the sin-offering is the property of the priest, so is the offering for wrongdoing: it is most holy.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 2:2-11

The Law of the Meat-Offering. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And when any will offer a meat offering unto the Lord , his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon: 2 And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord : 3 And the remnant… Read the whole commentary →

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