Leviticus 2:1-7

The Grain Offering

1 "When anyone presents a grain offering as a gift to the Lord, his gift must consist of fine flour.^[a] He is to pour olive oil on it, put frankincense on it,^{[b] [c]}

2 and bring it to Aaron's sons the priests. The priest will take a handful of fine flour and oil from it, along with all its frankincense, and will burn this memorial portion of it on the altar, a fire offering of a pleasing aroma to the Lord.^[d]

3 But the rest of the grain offering will belong to Aaron and his sons, the holiest part^[e] of the fire offerings to the Lord.

4 "When you present a grain offering baked in an oven, it must be [made] of fine flour, either unleavened cakes mixed with oil or unleavened wafers^[f] coated with oil.

5 If your gift is a grain offering prepared on the griddle, it must be unleavened bread [made] of fine flour mixed with oil.

6 Break it into pieces and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering.

7 If your gift is a grain offering [prepared]^[g] in a pan, it must be made of fine flour with oil.

Leviticus 2:1-7 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.

Footnotes

• [a] Wheat flour; Ex 29:2
• [b] DSS, Sam, LXX add it is a grain offering
• [c] Lv 24:7; Ex 29:41; Nm 15:4,6,9
• [d] Lv 2:9,16; 6:15; Nm 5:15,26
• [e] Lv 6:16-18; 7:6; Ezk 42:13; 44:12-13
• [f] Lv 6:16; Ex 12:8,15; Mt 16:6,11-12; 1 Co 5:6-8
• [g] Or [fried]