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The Third Book of Moses: Leviticus

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- Chapter 2 -

(Leviticus 6:14–23)
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When a soul will offer an oblation of sacrifice to the Lord, his oblation shall be of fine wheat flour, and he shall pour oil over it, and he shall set down frankincense,
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and he shall bring it to the sons of Aaron, the priests. One of them shall take a handful of the flour with oil, as well as all the frankincense, and he shall place it as a memorial upon the altar, as a most sweet odor to the Lord.
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Then what will remain of the sacrifice shall be for Aaron and his sons, the Holy of holies from the oblations of the Lord.(a)
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But when you will offer a sacrifice baked in the oven from fine wheat flour, specifically: loaves without leaven, sprinkled with oil, and unleavened wafers, rubbed with oil:
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if your oblation will be from the frying pan, of flour tempered with oil and without leaven,
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you shall divide it into little pieces and pour oil over it.
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But if the sacrifice will be from the oven grating, equally the fine wheat flour shall be sprinkled with oil.
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When you are offering it to the Lord, you shall deliver it into the hands of the priest.
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And when he has offered it, he shall take a memorial from the sacrifice and burn it upon the altar as a sweet odor to the Lord.
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But whatever is left shall be for Aaron and his sons, the Holy of holies from the oblations of the Lord.
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Every oblation that is offered to the Lord shall be made without leaven; neither shall any leaven or honey be burned with the sacrifice to the Lord.(b)
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You shall offer only the first-fruits of these along with the gifts. Yet truly, these shall not be placed upon the altar as an odor of sweetness.(c)
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Whatever sacrifice you will offer, you shall season it with salt; neither shall you take away the salt of the covenant of your God from your sacrifice. In all your oblations, you shall offer salt.(d)
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But if you will offer a gift of the first-fruits of your grain to the Lord, from ears of grain still green, you shall parch it at the fire, and break it open in the manner of meal. And so shall you offer your first-fruits to the Lord:
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pouring oil over it, and imposing frankincense, because it is an oblation of the Lord.
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From this, the priest shall burn, as a memorial of the gift, a portion of the cracked grain and the oil, as well as all of the frankincense.

Footnotes

(a)2:3 Holy of holies:That is, most holy, as being dedicated to God, and set aside by his ordinance for the use of his priests.(Challoner)
(b)2:11 Without leaven or honey:No leaven nor honey was to be used in the sacrifice offered to God; to signify that we are to exclude from the pure worship of the gospel, all double dealing and affection to carnal pleasures.(Challoner)
(c)2:12 So the first fruits of leaven and honey were to be offered along with the gifts, but these were not to be combined with flour, or baked into loaves, for the oblations or offerings on the altar.(Conte)
(d)2:13 Salt:In every sacrifice salt was to be used, which is an emblem of wisdom and discretion, without which none of our performances are agreeable to God.(Challoner)
(Leviticus 6:14–23)
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“‘When anyone offers an offering of a meal offering to the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour. He shall pour oil on it, and put frankincense on it.
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He shall bring it to Aaron’s sons, the priests. He shall take his handful of its fine flour, and of its oil, with all its frankincense, and the priest shall burn its memorial on the altar, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to the LORD.
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That which is left of the meal offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’. It is a most holy part of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.
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“‘When you offer an offering of a meal offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.
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If your offering is a meal offering made on a griddle, it shall be of unleavened fine flour, mixed with oil.
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You shall cut it in pieces, and pour oil on it. It is a meal offering.
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If your offering is a meal offering of the pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.
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You shall bring the meal offering that is made of these things to the LORD. It shall be presented to the priest, and he shall bring it to the altar.
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The priest shall take from the meal offering its memorial, and shall burn it on the altar, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to the LORD.
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That which is left of the meal offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’. It is a most holy part of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.
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“‘No meal offering which you shall offer to the LORD shall be made with yeast; for you shall burn no yeast, nor any honey, as an offering made by fire to the LORD.
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As an offering of first fruits you shall offer them to the LORD, but they shall not rise up as a pleasant aroma on the altar.
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Every offering of your meal offering you shall season with salt. You shall not allow the salt of the covenant of your God (a) to be lacking from your meal offering. With all your offerings you shall offer salt.
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“‘If you offer a meal offering of first fruits to the LORD, you shall offer for the meal offering of your first fruits fresh heads of grain parched with fire and crushed.
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You shall put oil on it and lay frankincense on it. It is a meal offering.
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The priest shall burn as its memorial part of its crushed grain and part of its oil, along with all its frankincense. It is an offering made by fire to the LORD.

Footnotes

(a)2:13 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
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