Leviticus 2:1-13

The Grain Offering

1 “ ‘When anyone brings a grain offering to the LORD, their offering is to be of the finest flour. They are to pour olive oil on it, put incense on it

2 and take it to Aaron’s sons the priests. The priest shall take a handful of the flour and oil, together with all the incense, and burn this as a memorial^[a] portion on the altar, a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the LORD.

3 The rest of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the food offerings presented to the LORD.

4 “ ‘If you bring a grain offering baked in an oven, it is to consist of the finest flour: either thick loaves made without yeast and with olive oil mixed in or thin loaves made without yeast and brushed with olive oil.

5 If your grain offering is prepared on a griddle, it is to be made of the finest flour mixed with oil, and without yeast.

6 Crumble it and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering.

7 If your grain offering is cooked in a pan, it is to be made of the finest flour and some olive oil.

8 Bring the grain offering made of these things to the LORD; present it to the priest, who shall take it to the altar.

9 He shall take out the memorial portion from the grain offering and burn it on the altar as a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the LORD.

10 The rest of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the food offerings presented to the LORD.

11 “ ‘Every grain offering you bring to the LORD must be made without yeast, for you are not to burn any yeast or honey in a food offering presented to the LORD.

12 You may bring them to the LORD as an offering of the firstfruits, but they are not to be offered on the altar as a pleasing aroma.

13 Season all your grain offerings with salt. Do not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offerings; add salt to all your offerings.

Leviticus 2:1-13 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

• 1. S Exodus 29:41; Leviticus 6:14-18
• 2. Exodus 29:2,40; Leviticus 5:11
• 3. Numbers 15:4; Numbers 28:5
• 4. S Exodus 29:2; Leviticus 7:12
• 5. ver 2,15,16; Leviticus 24:7; Nehemiah 13:9; Isaiah 43:23
• 6. Leviticus 5:11
• 7. Leviticus 6:15; Isaiah 1:13; Isaiah 65:3; Isaiah 66:3
• 8. ver 9,16; Leviticus 5:12; Leviticus 6:15; Leviticus 24:7; Numbers 5:26; Numbers 18:8; Psalms 16:5; Psalms 73:26; Isaiah 53:12; Acts 10:4
• 9. ver 16
• 10. S Leviticus 1:9
• 11. ver 10; Leviticus 6:16; Leviticus 10:12,13
• 12. S Exodus 30:36
• 13. Leviticus 7:9; Leviticus 26:26
• 14. Leviticus 7:12; Leviticus 8:26
• 15. S Exodus 29:2
• 16. Leviticus 6:21; Leviticus 7:9; Ezekiel 4:3
• 17. Leviticus 7:9
• 18. S ver 2
• 19. S Genesis 8:21; Exodus 29:18; Leviticus 6:15
• 20. ver 3
• 21. Ezra 2:63
• 22. S Exodus 23:18; Exodus 34:25; Leviticus 6:16
• 23. S Exodus 34:22; Leviticus 7:13; Leviticus 23:10
• 24. Mark 9:49
• 25. Numbers 18:19; 2 Chronicles 13:5; Ezekiel 43:24

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "representative" ; also in verses 9 and 16