“In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou shalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto the Lord.”
It must be prepared with oil on a griddle; bring it well-mixed and present the grain offering broken in pieces as an aroma pleasing to the Lord. The priestly grain offering is prepared on a griddle with oil — one of the three preparation methods of Leviticus 2 — and broken into pieces before being offered. The breaking of the offering into pieces before burning maximizes the surface exposed to the fire, ensuring the complete consumption that this offering requires. The well-mixed preparation communicates thoroughness: the oil is worked through the flour completely before cooking. The pleasing aroma that the priestly offering produces is the same as the congregation's offerings — the priests' worship is not a different category from the people's.
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