“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.”
The priest shall burn the memorial portion of the crushed grain and the oil, together with all the incense. It is a food offering presented to the Lord. The memorial portion taken from the firstfruits grain offering — crushed grain and oil, with all the incense — is burned as the portion that represents the whole before God. The all the incense emphasizes that the entirety of the fragrant prayer-component is burned; none is held back. The chapter that began with the finest flour ends with the crushed grain of the first harvest: from the most refined to the most immediate, every form of grain offering follows the same pattern of oil, incense, memorial portion burned, remainder to the priests.
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