Leviticus 2
16 verses
The grain offering (minchah) is the non-animal offering of the covenant worship system, prepared in one of four forms — uncooked fine flour, oven-baked loaves, griddle-cooked bread, or pan-cooked bread — all with olive oil and all without yeast or honey. A memorial portion (a handful of flour and oil with all the frankincense) is burned on the altar, producing the pleasing aroma; the remainder belongs to the priests, designated most holy. The absence of yeast and honey from the altar communicates the covenant's rejection of fermentation and natural sweetness as corrupting agents. Salt — the salt of the covenant — is required in every grain offering, communicating the covenant's permanent, incorruptible character. The firstfruits grain offering, made from crushed heads of new grain, is also addressed. The grain offering's structure — portion to God, portion to His servants — is the foundational model for the New Testament's principle of ministerial support.
VERSES IN THIS CHAPTER
1
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:
0 0Open verse page →
2
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:
0 1Open verse page →
God is faithful in every circumstance.. The Hebrew word used here carries a richness that English can't fully capture. R...
3
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.
1 0Open verse page →
4
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.
0 0Open verse page →
5
And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.
0 0Open verse page →
6
Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat offering.
0 0Open verse page →
7
And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.
0 1Open verse page →
His timing, His methods, His purposes — all beyond our comprehension, yet perfectly good.. The thread of covenant runs t...
8
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.
1 0Open verse page →
9
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.
0 2Open verse page →
10
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.
0 0Open verse page →
11
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.
0 0Open verse page →
12
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.
0 0Open verse page →
13
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.
0 0Open verse page →
14
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.
0 0Open verse page →
15
And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meat offering.
0 0Open verse page →
16
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.
0 0Open verse page →
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
No notes on this chapter yet. Be the first to write one!