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Leviticus 2:1

‘If you bring to Yahweh an offering of grain, it must consist of finely-ground flour. You must pour olive oil on it, and put some incense on it,

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

2and take it to one of the priests. The priest will take a handful of the flour and the oil with the incense and burn it on the altar. That part will symbolize that all of the offering truly belongs to Yahweh. And the aroma will be pleasing to Yahweh.

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Cross References

Leviticus 2:4‘If you bring an offering that is made from grain, something that is baked in an oven, it must be made from finely-ground flour. You may bring loaves made from flour mixed with olive oil but without yeast, or you may bring wafers with olive oil smeared on them, but also made without yeast.

Leviticus 5:11However, if you are very poor and cannot afford two doves or two young pigeons, you must bring to be an offering for your sin ◄2 pounds/1 kg.► of fine flour. You must not put olive oil or incense on it, because it is an offering for sin.

Leviticus 6:14“These are the regulations concerning the offerings made from grain: Aaron’s sons must bring them to me in front of the altar.

Leviticus 7:10And offerings of things made from grain, whether they were mixed with olive oil or not, also belong to the sons of Aaron.”

Leviticus 9:17He also brought the offering of grain. He took a handful of it and burned it on the altar, like he had done for the animal that he had slaughtered and completely burned on the altar in the morning.

Leviticus 24:7Along each row, place in some gold cups some pure incense to be burned to be an offering to me instead of the bread.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 2:1

In this chapter we have the law concerning the meat-offering. I. The matter of it; whether of raw flour with oil and incense ( ver. 1 ), or baked in the oven ( ver. 4 ), or upon a plate ( ver. 5, 6 ), or in a frying pan, ver. 7 . II. The management of it, of the flour ( ver. 2, 3 ), of the cakes, ver. 8-10 . III. Some particular rules concerning it, That leaven and honey must never be admitted ( ver. 11, 12 ), and salt never omitted in the meat-offering, ver. 13 . IV. The law concerning the offering of firstfruits… Read the whole commentary →

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