Leviticus 2:1-11

Laws for Grain Offerings

1 "When anyone brings a ¹grain offering as an offering to the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour. ²He shall pour oil on it and put frankincense on it

2 and bring it to Aaron's sons the priests. And he shall take from it a handful of the fine flour and oil, with all of its frankincense, and the priest shall burn this as its ³memorial portion on the altar, a food ⁴offering with a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

3 But the ⁵rest of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; ⁶it is a most holy part of the LORD's food offerings.

4 "When you bring a grain offering baked in the oven as an offering, it shall be ⁷unleavened loaves of fine flour mixed with oil or unleavened wafers smeared with oil.

5 And if your offering is a grain offering ⁸baked on a griddle, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mixed with oil.

6 You shall break it in pieces and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering.

7 And if your offering is a grain offering cooked in a pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.

8 And you shall bring the grain offering that is made of these things to the LORD, and when it is presented to the priest, he shall bring it to the altar.

9 And the priest shall take from the grain offering its memorial portion and burn this on the altar, a food ⁹offering with a ¹⁰pleasing aroma to the LORD.

10 But the ¹¹rest of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; ¹²it is a most holy part of the LORD's food offerings.

11 "No grain offering that you bring to the LORD shall be made with ¹³leaven, for you shall burn no leaven nor any honey as a food offering to the LORD.

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Leviticus 2:1-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 2

This chapter contains the law of the meat offering, and gives an account of what it was made of, fine flour, with oil poured, and frankincense put upon it, Le 2:1 what was done with it; part of it burnt upon the altar, and the rest was the property of the priests, Le 2:2,3,8-10 how it was to be when baked in an oven, or in a pan, or fried in a frying pan, Le 2:4-7 what was prohibited in it, leaven and honey, Le 2:11 what was to be used in it, salt, Le 2:13 and what was to be the oblation and meat offering of the first fruits, and what to be done with it, Le 2:12,14-16.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 13

1. Leviticus 6:14; Leviticus 9:17; Numbers 15:4
2. ver. 15
3. ver. 9, 16; Leviticus 5:12; Leviticus 6:15; Leviticus 24:7; [Acts 10:4]
4. See Leviticus 1:9
5. Leviticus 7:9; Leviticus 10:12, 13
6. [Exodus 40:10]
7. Exodus 29:2
8. Leviticus 6:21; Leviticus 7:9; [1 Chronicles 23:29; Ezekiel 4:3]
9. See Leviticus 1:9
10. [Philippians 4:18]
11. ver. 3
12. ver. 3
13. Leviticus 6:17; [Matthew 16:12; Mark 8:15; Luke 12:1; 1 Corinthians 5:8; Galatians 5:9]

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