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Leviticus 2

1  WHEN ANYONE offers a cereal offering to the Lord, it shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil over it and lay frankincense on it.2  And he shall bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. Out of it he shall take a handful of the fine flour and oil, with all its frankincense, and the priest shall burn this on the altar as the memorial portion of it, an offering made by fire, of a sweet and satisfying fragrance to the Lord.3  What is left of the cereal offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’; it is a most holy part of the offerings made to the Lord by fire.4  When you bring as an offering cereal baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers spread with oil.5  If your offering is cereal baked on a griddle, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mixed with oil.6  You shall break it in pieces and pour oil on it; it is a cereal offering.7  And if your offering is cereal cooked in the frying pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.8  And you shall bring the cereal offering that is made of these things to the Lord; it shall be presented to the priest, and he shall bring it to the [bronze] altar.9  The priest shall take from the cereal offering its memorial portion and burn it on the altar, an offering made by fire, a sweet and satisfying fragrance to the Lord.10  What is left of the cereal offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’; it is a most holy part of the offerings made to the Lord by fire.11  No cereal offering that you bring to the Lord shall be made with leaven, for you shall burn no leaven or honey in any offering made by fire to the Lord. 12  As an offering of firstfruits you may offer leaven and honey to the Lord, but they shall not be burned on the altar for a sweet odor [to the Lord, for their aid to fermentation is symbolic of corruption in the human heart].13  Every cereal offering you shall season with salt [symbol of preservation]; neither shall you allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your cereal offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt. 14  If you offer a cereal offering of your firstfruits to the Lord, you shall offer for it of your firstfruits grain in the ear parched with fire, bruised and crushed grain out of the fresh and fruitful ear.15  And you shall put oil on it and lay frankincense on it; it is a cereal offering.16  The priest shall burn as its memorial portion part of the bruised and crushed grain of it and part of the oil of it, with all its frankincense; it is an offering made by fire to the Lord.

Leviticus 2

Grain Offering Regulations: Offering of Raw Flour

1 “‘When a person presents a grain offerings to the Lord, his offering must consist of choice wheat flour,t and he must pour olive oil on it and put frankincenses on it.2 Then he must bring it to the sons of Aaron, the priests, and the priestt must scoop out from there a handful of its choice wheat flour and some of its olive oil in addition to all of its frankincense, and the priest must offer its memorial portions up in smoke on the altar – it ist a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord.

3 The remainder of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and to his sonst – it ist most holyt from the gifts of the Lord.

Processed Grain Offerings

4 “‘When you present an offering of grain baked in an oven, it must be made oft choice wheat flour baked into unleavened loavess mixed with olive oil ort unleavened wafers smearedt with olive oil.5 If your offering is a grain offering made on the griddle, it must be choice wheat flour mixed with olive oil, unleavened.6 Crumble it in piecest and pour olive oil on it – it is a grain offering.

7 If your offering is a grain offering made in a pan,t it must be made of choice wheat flour deep fried in olive oil.s
8 “‘You must bring the grain offering that must be made from these to the Lord. Present it to the priest,s and he will bring it to the altar.9 Then the priest must take upt from the grain offering its memorial portion and offer it up in smoke on the altar – it ist a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord.

10 The remainder of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and to his sons – it ist most holy from the gifts of the Lord.

Additional Grain Offering Regulations

11 “‘No grain offering which you present to the Lord can be made with yeast,t for you must not offer up in smoke any yeast or honey as a gift to the Lord.st12 You can present them to the Lord as an offering of first fruit,s but they must not go up to the altar for a soothing aroma.

13 Moreover, you must season every one of your grain offerings with salt; you must not allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be missing from your grain offeringt – on every one of your grain offerings you must present salt.
14 “‘If you present a grain offering of first ripe grain to the Lord, you must present your grain offering of first ripe grain as soft kernels roasted in fire – crushed bits of fresh grain.t15 And you must put olive oil on it and set frankincense on it – it is a grain offering.

16 Then the priest must offer its memorial portion up in smoke – some of its crushed bits, some of its olive oil, in addition to all of its frankincense – it ist a gift to the Lord.