Leviticus 2:16
The priest will take a part of the flour and oil along with the incense. That will symbolize that all the offering truly belongs to Yahweh. He will burn that part on the altar, to be an offering given to Yahweh by burning it in a fire.’”
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
15Put olive oil and incense on it, and that will be your offering made from grain.
Cross References
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,
Leviticus 2:9He will take a part of it that will symbolize that all the offering belongs to Yahweh. He will burn that part on the altar, and the aroma as it burns will be pleasing to Yahweh.
Psalms 141:2Accept my prayer as though it were incense being burned as an offering [SIM] to you. And accept me while I lift up my hands to pray to you like you accept sacrifices that I offer to you each evening [SIM].
Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of Yahweh our Lord is on me; he has appointed [MTY] me to bring good news to those who are oppressed, to comfort those who are discouraged, to free all those who are as though they are chained/tied [DOU] by the wrong things that they continually do.
Hebrews 5:7When Christ lived on the earth [MTY], he prayed [DOU] to God and tearfully cried out loudly to him. Specifically, he asked God, who was able to help him, that he would not fear the sufferings just before he died. As a result, God listened to him, because Christ reverently submitted to what God wanted him to do.
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 →