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1 When any of you present an offering of grain to the Lord, you must first grind it into flour. You must put olive oil and incense on it
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“When anyone brings a grain offering as an offering to the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour. He shall pour oil on it and put frankincense on it
2 and bring it to the Aaronite priests. The officiating priest shall take a handful of the flour and oil and all of the incense and burn it on the altar as a token that it has all been offered to the Lord. The odor of this food offering is pleasing to the Lord.
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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 memorial portion on the altar, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
3 The rest of the grain offering belongs to the priests; it is very holy, since it is taken from the food offered to the Lord.
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But the rest of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the Lord’s food offerings.
4 If the offering is bread baked in an oven, it must be made without yeast. It may be thick loaves made of flour mixed with olive oil or thin cakes brushed with olive oil.
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“When you bring a grain offering baked in the oven as an offering, it shall be unleavened loaves of fine flour mixed with oil or unleavened wafers smeared with oil.
5 If the offering is bread cooked on a griddle, it is to be made of flour mixed with olive oil but without yeast.
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And if your offering is a grain offering baked on a griddle, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mixed with oil.
6 Crumble it up and pour the oil on it when you present it as an offering.
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You shall break it in pieces and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering.
7 If the offering is bread cooked in a pan, it is to be made of flour and olive oil.
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And if your offering is a grain offering cooked in a pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.
8 Bring it as an offering to the Lord and present it to the priest, who will take it to the altar.
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And you shall bring the grain offering that is made of these things to the Lord, and when it is presented to the priest, he shall bring it to the altar.
9 The priest will take part of it as a token that it has all been offered to the Lord, and he will burn it on the altar. The odor of this food offering is pleasing to the Lord.
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And the priest shall take from the grain offering its memorial portion and burn this on the altar, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
10 The rest of the offering belongs to the priests; it is very holy, since it is taken from the food offered to the Lord.
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But the rest of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the Lord’s food offerings.
11 None of the grain offerings which you present to the Lord may be made with yeast; you must never use yeast or honey in food offered to the Lord.
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“No grain offering that you bring to the Lord shall be made with leaven, for you shall burn no leaven nor any honey as a food offering to the Lord.
12 An offering of the first grain that you harvest each year shall be brought to the Lord, but it is not to be burned on the altar.
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As an offering of firstfruits you may bring them to the Lord, but they shall not be offered on the altar for a pleasing aroma.
13 Put salt on every grain offering, because salt represents the covenant between you and God. (You must put salt on all your offerings.)
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You shall season all your grain offerings with salt. You shall not let the salt of the covenant with your God be missing from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt.
14 When you bring to the Lord an offering of the first grain harvested, offer roasted grain or ground meal.
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“If you offer a grain offering of firstfruits to the Lord, you shall offer for the grain offering of your firstfruits fresh ears, roasted with fire, crushed new grain.
15 Add olive oil and put incense on it.
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And you shall put oil on it and lay frankincense on it; it is a grain offering.
16 The priest will burn that part of the meal and oil that is to serve as a token, and also all the incense, as a food offering to the Lord.
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And the priest shall burn as its memorial portion some of the crushed grain and some of the oil with all of its frankincense; it is a food offering to the Lord.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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