Leviticus 2:1-6

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.

Leviticus 2:1-6 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.

Cross References 8

  • 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]
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