Leviticuschapter 2

A.Fine flour, oil, and frankincensevv. 1-3

1 “When anyone brings a grain offering to the LORD, his offering must consist of fine flour. He is to pour olive oil on it, put frankincense on it, 2 and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. The priest shall take a handful of the flour and oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn this as a memorial portion on the altar, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. 3 The remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD.

B.Cakes from oven, pan, and griddlevv. 4-10

4 Now if you bring an offering of grain baked in an oven, it must consist of fine flour, either unleavened cakes mixed with oil or unleavened wafers coated with oil. 5 If your offering is a grain offering prepared on a griddle, it must be unleavened bread made of fine flour mixed with oil. 6 Crumble it and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering. 7 If your offering is a grain offering cooked in a pan, it must consist of fine flour with oil. 8 When you bring to the LORD the grain offering made in any of these ways, it is to be presented to the priest, and he shall take it to the altar. 9 The priest is to remove the memorial portion from the grain offering and burn it on the altar as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. 10 But the remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD.

C.No leaven, no honey, always saltvv. 11-13

11 No grain offering that you present to the LORD may be made with leaven, for you are not to burn any leaven or honey as an offering made by fire to the LORD. 12 You may bring them to the LORD as an offering of firstfruits, but they are not to be offered on the altar as a pleasing aroma. 13 And you shall season each of your grain offerings with salt. You must not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offering; you are to add salt to each of your offerings.

D.Green ears of the firstfruitsvv. 14-16

14 If you bring a grain offering of firstfruits to the LORD, you shall offer crushed heads of new grain roasted on the fire. 15 And you are to put oil and frankincense on it; it is a grain offering. 16 The priest shall then burn the memorial portion of the crushed grain and the oil, together with all its frankincense, as an offering made by fire to the LORD.

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Chapter summary

The meat (grain) offering.

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The meat (grain) offering. Fine flour mixed with oil, frankincense upon it; or a meat offering baked in the oven, in the pan, or in the frying pan. Each of fine flour and oil, unleavened. No leaven and no honey burned on the altar; every meat offering seasoned with salt: ‘the salt of the covenant of thy God’. The priest takes a handful as a memorial portion and burns it; the rest is for Aaron and his sons. Most holy. The chapter introduces the grain-offering vocabulary that the New Testament reaches for when it speaks of a pure and unmixed life offered up to God.

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Law · Moses — Leviticus overview

A. 1–3 Fine flour, oil, and frankincense
B. 4–10 Cakes from oven, pan, and griddle
C. 11–13 No leaven, no honey, always salt
D. 14–16 Green ears of the firstfruits

Top cross-references8 chapters ▾

Leviticus 64 verses
- Leviticus 6:14Now this is the law of the grain offering: Aaron’s sons shall present it before the LORD in front of the altar.
- Leviticus 6:15The priest is to remove a handful of fine flour and olive oil, together with all the frankincense from the grain offering, and burn the memorial portion on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
- Leviticus 6:16Aaron and his sons are to eat the remainder. It must be eaten without leaven in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
- Leviticus 6:21It shall be prepared with oil on a griddle; you are to bring it well-kneaded and present it as a grain offering broken in pieces, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
- Read Leviticus 6 →
Leviticus 23 verses
- Leviticus 2:1“When anyone brings a grain offering to the LORD, his offering must consist of fine flour. He is to pour olive oil on it, put frankincense on it,
- Leviticus 2:2and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. The priest shall take a handful of the flour and oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn this as a memorial portion on the altar, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
- Leviticus 2:3The remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD.
- Read Leviticus 2 →
Exodus 233 verses
- Exodus 23:10For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce,
- Exodus 23:18You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened, nor may the fat of My feast remain until morning.
- Exodus 23:19Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
- Read Exodus 23 →
Psalms 222 verses
- Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
- Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
- Read Psalms 22 →

4 more chapters this one speaks with

Leviticus 71 verse
- Leviticus 7:9Likewise, every grain offering that is baked in an oven or cooked in a pan or on a griddle belongs to the priest who presents it,
- Read Leviticus 7 →
Leviticus 91 verse
- Leviticus 9:17Next he presented the grain offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar in addition to the morning’s burnt offering.
- Read Leviticus 9 →
Revelation 81 verse
- Revelation 8:3Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.
- Read Revelation 8 →
Leviticus 51 verse
- Leviticus 5:12He is to bring it to the priest, who shall take a handful from it as a memorial portion and burn it on the altar atop the offerings made by fire to the LORD; it is a sin offering.
- Read Leviticus 5 →

Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.