Aaron's sons receive the grain offerings as "most holy" (verse 3), yet unlike burnt offerings, these allow the priests to eat portions—creating a unique intersection of divine holiness and human sustenance.
Leviticus 2
Laws for Grain Offerings
1“‘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.
2He 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.
3That 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.
4“‘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.
5If your offering is a meal offering made on a griddle, it shall be of unleavened fine flour, mixed with oil.
6You shall cut it in pieces, and pour oil on it. It is a meal offering.
7If your offering is a meal offering of the pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.
8You 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.
9The 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.
10That 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.
11“‘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.
12As 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.
13Every offering of your meal offering you shall season with salt. You shall not allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your meal offering. With all your offerings you shall offer salt.
14“‘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.
15You shall put oil on it and lay frankincense on it. It is a meal offering.
16The 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.
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Leviticus 2 establishes the regulations for grain offerings (meal offerings), which served as expressions of devotion and thanksgiving to God alongside the burnt offerings described in chapter 1. The chapter details various preparation methods—baked, griddled, or pan-cooked—while specifying required ingredients like fine flour, oil, and frankincense, and prohibited elements like yeast and honey. These offerings were to be seasoned with salt as a sign of God's covenant, with portions burned on the altar and the remainder given to the priests as their sacred provision.
Context
Following the burnt offering laws in chapter 1, this chapter continues the systematic presentation of Israel's sacrificial system that will extend through the first seven chapters of Leviticus.
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Outline
- 1-3 Basic Grain Offering Requirements Establishes the fundamental elements of fine flour, oil, and frankincense, with priestly procedures for burning and distribution.
- 4-10 Various Preparation Methods Details three cooking methods for grain offerings—oven-baked, griddle-made, and pan-cooked—all requiring unleavened flour and oil.
- 11-13 Prohibited and Required Ingredients Forbids yeast and honey in burnt offerings while mandating salt as a covenant symbol in all offerings.
- 14-16 First Fruits Grain Offerings Specifies procedures for offerings made from fresh grain, parched and crushed, with oil and frankincense.
Laws for Grain Offerings
2:1–2:16 law instruction solemn
Detailed laws governing grain offerings to the LORD, specifying ingredients, preparation methods, and priestly procedures. These offerings represent worship through the fruits of human labor and agricultural blessing.
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Aaron's sons receive the grain offerings as "most holy" (verse 3), yet unlike burnt offerings, these allow the priests to eat portions—creating a unique intersection of divine holiness and human sustenance.
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Leviticus 2:1 5 references
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Numbers 5:15 Lexical
then the man shall bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring her offering for her: one tenth of an ephah of barley m…
Numbers 15:4 Lexical
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Numbers 7:19 Lexical
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Leviticus 5:11 Lexical
“‘But if he can’t afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then he shall bring as his offering for that in which he…
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and his offering was: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy…
Leviticus 2:2 5 references
Lexicals 5
Leviticus 5:12 Lexical
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Leviticus 3:5 Lexical
Aaron’s sons shall burn it on the altar on the burnt offering, which is on the wood that is on the fire: it is an offeri…
Leviticus 23:13 Lexical
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Numbers 28:13 Lexical
and one tenth part of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering to every lamb, as a burnt offering of a pleasant aro…
Leviticus 8:28 Lexical
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Leviticus 2:3 3 references
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Leviticus 10:12 Lexical
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Leviticus 23:37 Lexical
“‘These are the appointed feasts of the LORD which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made…
Leviticus 24:9 Lexical
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Leviticus 2:4 5 references
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Numbers 6:15 Lexical
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Leviticus 7:12 Lexical
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Numbers 15:4 Lexical
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Numbers 7:19 Lexical
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Leviticus 2:5 5 references
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Numbers 6:15 Lexical
a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil with their mea…
Numbers 7:79 Lexical
gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy sh…
Numbers 7:61 Lexical
gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy sh…
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and his offering was: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy…
Numbers 7:67 Lexical
gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy sh…
Leviticus 2:6 1 reference
Leviticus 2:7 5 references
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Numbers 7:31 Lexical
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Numbers 7:19 Lexical
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Numbers 7:49 Lexical
gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy sh…
Numbers 7:37 Lexical
gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy sh…
Numbers 7:61 Lexical
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Leviticus 2:9 5 references
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Leviticus 3:16 Lexical
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Numbers 18:17 Lexical
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Exodus 29:25 Lexical
You shall take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar on the burnt offering, for a pleasant aroma before the…
Leviticus 2:10 3 references
Lexicals 3
Leviticus 10:12 Lexical
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Leviticus 23:37 Lexical
“‘These are the appointed feasts of the LORD which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made…
Leviticus 24:9 Lexical
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Leviticus 2:11 5 references
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Exodus 13:7 Lexical
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Exodus 12:15 Lexical
“‘Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread; even the first day you shall put away yeast out of your houses, for whoever…
Leviticus 1:13 Lexical
but the innards and the legs he shall wash with water. The priest shall offer the whole, and burn it on the altar. It is…
Leviticus 23:37 Lexical
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Leviticus 23:18 Lexical
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Leviticus 2:12 5 references
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Numbers 28:2 Lexical
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Leviticus 1:13 Lexical
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Ezekiel 20:28 Lexical
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Leviticus 23:18 Lexical
You shall present with the bread seven lambs without defect a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They shall be a bu…
Numbers 28:27 Lexical
but you shall offer a burnt offering for a pleasant aroma to the LORD: two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs a year…
Leviticus 2:13 3 references
Lexicals 3
Daniel 9:27 Lexical
He will make a firm covenant with many for one week. In the middle of the week he will cause the sacrifice and the offer…
Numbers 15:4 Lexical
then he who offers his offering shall offer to the LORD a meal offering of one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed wit…
Numbers 7:19 Lexical
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Leviticus 2:14 2 references
Leviticus 2:15 1 reference
Leviticus 2:16 2 references
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