Leviticus 2

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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:

1-3 The meat offering with oil and incense 4 either baked in the oven 5,6 or on a plate 7-11 or in a frying pan 12 The first fruits not to be burnt on the altar, 13 Salt to be used with every offering 14-16 The offering of first fruits in the ear

meat offering. {Minchah}, from the Arabic {manach}, to {give}, especially as a {reciprocal gift}, a {gift, oblation}, or eucharistical of gratitude offering, for the bounties of providence displayed in the fruits of the earth. It is termed a {meat offering} by our translators, because the term {meat} in their time was the general name for food. Le 6:14-18,20-23 9:17 Nu 15:4-21 Isa 66:20 Joh 6:35

fine flour Ex 29:2 Nu 7:13,19 Joe 1:9 2:14

pour oil Le 2:4-8,15,16 7:10-12 1Jo 2:20,27 Jude 1:20

frankincense Mal 1:11 Lu 1:9,10 Re 8:3

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 savor unto the LORD:

the memorial Le 2:9 5:12 6:15 24:7 Ex 30:16 Nu 5:18 Ne 13:14,22 Isa 66:3 Ac 10:4

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.

the remnant Le 6:16,17,26 7:9 10:12,13 21:22 Nu 18:9 1Sa 2:28

most holy Le 6:17 10:12 21:22 Ex 29:37 Nu 18:9

4 And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.

meat offering 1Ch 23:28,29 Ps 22:14 Eze 46:20 Mt 26:38 Joh 12:27

the oven, {Tannur}, probably such an {oven} as that described by D'Arvieux, as used by the Arabs. He states that they make a fire in a great {stone pitcher}, and when heated, mix meal and water, which they apply with the hollow of their hands to the outside, and this soft paste spreading itself upon it, is baked in an instant, and the bread comes of as thin as out {wafers}.

le 1:11 6:17 7:12 10:12 ex 12:8 1co 5:7,8 he 7:26 1pe 2:1,22
wafers Ex 16:31 29:2 Isa 42:1 44:3-5 61:1 Joh 3:34

5 And if thy oblation be a meat offering baked in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.

in a pan. or, on a flat plate, or slice. {Machavath, a flat iron plate}, such as the Arabs still use to bake their cakes on, and which is called a {griddle} in some of our counties.

6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat offering.

Le 1:6 Ps 22:1-21 Mr 14:1-15:47 Joh 18:1-19:42

7 And if thy oblation be a meat offering baked in the frying pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.

the frying-pan. {Marchesheth}, a {shallow earthen} vessel, like a {frying pan}, which the Arabs call a {tajen}.

of fine Le 2:1,2

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.

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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 savor unto the LORD.

a memorial Le 2:2 6:15

an offering Le 2:2 Ex 29:18 Ps 22:13,14 Isa 53:10 Zec 13:7,9 Ro 12:1 15:16 Eph 5:2 Php 2:17 4:18

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.

Le 2:3

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.

no leaven Le 6:17 Ex 12:19,20 Mt 16:6,11,12 Mr 8:15 Lu 12:1 1Co 5:6-8 Ga 5:9

honey Pr 24:13 25:16,27 Lu 21:34 Ac 14:22 1Pe 4:2

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 savor.

the oblation Ge 23:10,11,17 Ex 22:29 23:10,11,19 Nu 15:20 De 26:10 2Ch 31:5 1Co 15:20 Re 14:4

be burnt [heb] ascend

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.

with salt Ezr 7:22 Eze 43:24 Mt 5:13 Mr 9:49,50 Col 4:6

the salt Nu 18:19 2Ch 13:5

with all thine Eze 43:24

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.

a meat offering. These first fruits seem to have been the voluntary oblation brought by individuals, of the finest ears of corn out of the field, before the harvest was ripe. Le 22:29 23:10,14-17,20 Ge 4:3 Nu 28:2 De 26:2 Pr 3:9,10 Isa 53:2-10 Mal 1:11 1Co 15:20 Re 14:4

corn beaten 2Ki 4:42

15 And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meat offering.

Le 2:1

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.

Le 2:1,2,4-7,9,12 Ps 141:2 Isa 11:2-4 61:1 Ro 8:26,27 Heb 5:7