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Leviticuschapter 2

16 verses · Moses, by tradition · 15th to 13th century BC · The Law

Original Language

Leviticus 2— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Leviticus 2. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.

The reading

Weekly portion 24 of 54

וַיִּקְרָא Vayikra, Leviticus 1:1 to 5:26

Read with it: Isaiah 43:21 to 44:23.

The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →

Where the rabbis cite this chapter

3 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 3 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Fine flour, oil, and frankincense1

Leviticus 2:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וְנֶ֗פֶשׁvenefeshand anyoneH5315כִּֽי־ki-forH3588תַקְרִ֞יבtakrivit will presentH7126קָרְבַּ֤ןkarebana present ofH7133מִנְחָה֙minchaha grain offeringH4503לַֽיהוָ֔הlayahwehto YahwehH3068סֹ֖לֶתsoletfine flourH5560יִהְיֶ֣הyihyehit will beH1961קָרְבָּנ֑וֹkarebanopresent hisH7133וְיָצַ֤קveyatzakand he will pourH3332עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ʾaleihaon itH5921שֶׁ֔מֶןshemenoilH8081וְנָתַ֥ןvenatanand he will putH5414עָלֶ֖יהָʾaleihaon itH5921לְבֹנָֽה׃levonahfrankincenseH3828

Ramban on Leviticus 2:1

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
AND HE SHALL POUR OIL UPON IT AND PUT FRANKINCENSE THEREON. AND HE SHALL BRING IT TO AARON’S SONS. “This teaches that the pouring of the oil and the mingling of it together with the flour [of the meal-offering] is valid if done by a non-priest.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

Green ears of the firstfruits14

Leviticus 2:14· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וְאִם־veim-and ifH518תַּקְרִ֛יבtakrivyou will presentH7126מִנְחַ֥תminchata grain offering ofH4503בִּכּוּרִ֖יםbikurimfirst-fruitsH1061לַיהוָ֑הlayahwehto YahwehH3068אָבִ֞יבʾavivyoung barley ear[s]H24קָל֤וּיkaluiroastedH7033בָּאֵשׁ֙baeshin the fireH784גֶּ֣רֶשׂgeresgroats ofH1643כַּרְמֶ֔לkarmelnew cornH3759תַּקְרִ֕יבtakrivyou will presentH7126אֵ֖תʾet<obj.>H853מִנְחַ֥תminchat[the] grain offering ofH4503בִּכּוּרֶֽיךָ׃bikureikhafirst-fruits yourH1061

Ramban on Leviticus 2:14

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
“The word im (if) here has the meaning of ki (when), for the bringing [of this meal-offering of the first-fruits] is not a voluntary matter, since Scripture speaks here of the meal-offering of the new barley, which is obligatory. 230 Further:10.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

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