The Message Bible MSG
King James Version KJV
1 "When you present a Grain-Offering to God, use fine flour. Pour oil on it, put incense on it,
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And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:
2 and bring it to Aaron's sons, the priests. One of them will take a handful of the fine flour and oil, with all the incense, and burn it on the Altar for a memorial: a Fire-Gift, a pleasing fragrance to God.
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And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD:
3 The rest of the Grain-Offering is for Aaron and his sons - a most holy part of the Fire-Gifts to God.
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And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.
4 "When you present a Grain-Offering of oven-baked loaves, use fine flour, mixed with oil but no yeast. Or present wafers made without yeast and spread with oil.
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And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.
5 "If you bring a Grain-Offering cooked on a griddle, use fine flour mixed with oil but without yeast.
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And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.
6 Crumble it and pour oil on it - it's a Grain-Offering.
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Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat offering.
7 "If you bring a Grain-Offering deep-fried in a pan, make it of fine flour with oil.
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And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.
8 "Bring the Grain-Offering you make from these ingredients and present it to the priest. He will bring it to the Altar,
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And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things unto the LORD: and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall bring it unto the altar.
9 break off a memorial piece from the Grain-Offering, and burn it on the Altar: a Fire-Gift, a pleasing fragrance to God.
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And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
10 The rest of the Grain-Offering is for Aaron and his sons - a most holy part of the gifts to God.
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And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.
11 "All the Grain-Offerings that you present to God must be made without yeast; you must never burn any yeast or honey as a Fire-Gift to God.
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No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the LORD made by fire.
12 You may offer them to God as an offering of firstfruits but not on the Altar as a pleasing fragrance.
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As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.
13 Season every presentation of your Grain-Offering with salt. Don't leave the salt of the covenant with your God out of your Grain-Offerings. Present all your offerings with salt.
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And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.
14 "If you present a Grain-Offering of firstfruits to God, bring crushed heads of the new grain roasted.
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And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears.
15 Put oil and incense on it - it's a Grain-Offering.
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And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meat offering.
16 The priest will burn some of the mixed grain and oil with all the incense as a memorial - a Fire-Gift to God.
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And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
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