Leviticus 2:1-3

The Law of Grain Offerings

1 'Now when anyone presents a 1grain offering as an offering to the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour, and he shall pour oil on it and put frankincense on it.
2 'He shall then bring it to Aaron's sons the priests; and shall take from it 2his handful * of its fine flour and of its oil with all of its frankincense. And the priest shall offer it up in smoke as its 3memorial portion on the altar, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the LORD.
3 '4The remainder of the grain offering belongs to 5Aaron and his sons: a thing most holy, of the offerings to the LORD by fire.

Leviticus 2:1-3 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 5

  • 1. Leviticus 6:14-18; Numbers 15:4
  • 2. Leviticus 5:12; Leviticus 6:15
  • 3. Leviticus 2:9, 16; Leviticus 5:12; Leviticus 24:7; Acts 10:4
  • 4. Leviticus 2:10; Leviticus 6:16
  • 5. Leviticus 10:12, 13
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