Leviticus 2:8

8 And you shall bring the grain [offering] that is made from these things to Yahweh, and [the offerer] shall bring it to the priest, and he shall bring it to the altar.

Leviticus 2:8 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 2:8

And thou shalt bring the meat offering, that is made of
these things, unto the Lord
Either to the tabernacle, the house of the Lord, or to the Lord's priest, as it follows:

and when it is presented to the priest;
by the owner of it:

he shall bring it unto the altar;
to the south west horn of the altar F15.


FOOTNOTES:

F15 Jarchi & Gersom in loc. T. Bab. Sotah, fol. 14. 2. Menachot, fol. 8. 2. Zebachim, fol. 63. 1.

Leviticus 2:8 In-Context

6 break it into pieces and pour out oil on it; it [is] a grain [offering].
7 " 'If your offering [is] a grain [offering] [prepared in] a cooking pan, it must be [with] finely milled flour in oil.
8 And you shall bring the grain [offering] that is made from these things to Yahweh, and [the offerer] shall bring it to the priest, and he shall bring it to the altar.
9 And the priest shall take away from the grain [offering] its token portion, and he shall turn [it] into smoke on the altar [as] an offering made [by] fire, [as] an appeasing fragrance for Yahweh.
10 And the remainder of the grain [offering] {belongs to} Aaron and to his sons--{it is a most holy thing} from the offerings made by fire for Yahweh.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Changing from 2ms in the first verb to 3ms in the second verb apparently moves from general to specific; NET takes the second verb as an imperative ("Present it"), and NJPS translates it as an indefinite 3ms, making it passive ("it shall be brought")
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