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The Message Bible MSG
1 When anyone presents a grain offering to the Lord, the offering shall be of choice flour; the worshiper shall pour oil on it, and put frankincense on it,
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"When you present a Grain-Offering to God, use fine flour. Pour oil on it, put incense on it,
2 and bring it to Aaron's sons the priests. After taking from it a handful of the choice flour and oil, with all its frankincense, the priest shall turn this token portion into smoke on the altar, an offering by fire of pleasing odor to the Lord.
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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.
3 And what is left of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons, a most holy part of the offerings by fire to the Lord.
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The rest of the Grain-Offering is for Aaron and his sons - a most holy part of the Fire-Gifts to God.
4 When you present a grain offering baked in the oven, it shall be of choice flour: unleavened cakes mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers spread with oil.
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"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.
5 If your offering is grain prepared on a griddle, it shall be of choice flour mixed with oil, unleavened;
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"If you bring a Grain-Offering cooked on a griddle, use fine flour mixed with oil but without yeast.
6 break it in pieces, and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering.
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Crumble it and pour oil on it - it's a Grain-Offering.
7 If your offering is grain prepared in a pan, it shall be made of choice flour in oil.
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"If you bring a Grain-Offering deep-fried in a pan, make it of fine flour with oil.
8 You shall bring to the Lord the grain offering that is prepared in any of these ways; and when it is presented to the priest, he shall take it to the altar.
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"Bring the Grain-Offering you make from these ingredients and present it to the priest. He will bring it to the Altar,
9 The priest shall remove from the grain offering its token portion and turn this into smoke on the altar, an offering by fire of pleasing odor to the Lord.
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break off a memorial piece from the Grain-Offering, and burn it on the Altar: a Fire-Gift, a pleasing fragrance to God.
10 And what is left of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings by fire to the Lord.
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The rest of the Grain-Offering is for Aaron and his sons - a most holy part of the gifts to God.
11 No grain offering that you bring to the Lord shall be made with leaven, for you must not turn any leaven or honey into smoke as an offering by fire to the Lord.
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"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.
12 You may bring them to the Lord as an offering of choice products, but they shall not be offered on the altar for a pleasing odor.
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You may offer them to God as an offering of firstfruits but not on the Altar as a pleasing fragrance.
13 You shall not omit from your grain offerings the salt of the covenant with your God; with all your offerings you shall offer salt.
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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.
14 If you bring a grain offering of first fruits to the Lord, you shall bring as the grain offering of your first fruits coarse new grain from fresh ears, parched with fire.
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"If you present a Grain-Offering of firstfruits to God, bring crushed heads of the new grain roasted.
15 You shall add oil to it and lay frankincense on it; it is a grain offering.
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Put oil and incense on it - it's a Grain-Offering.
16 And the priest shall turn a token portion of it into smoke—some of the coarse grain and oil with all its frankincense; it is an offering by fire to the Lord.
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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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