Leviticus 2:4
in Leviticus 2Now 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And when thou offerest an oblation of a meal-offering baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.
KJV
And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.
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This verse in Leviticus 2
Commentary
7 notes on this verseBaken in the oven - תנור tannur, from נר nar, to split, divide, says Mr. Parkhurst; and hence the oven, because of its burning, dissolving, and melting heat.
This site's exposition
baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes
on Leviticus 2:4-7
Three ways of preparing it are given and they are three ways of cooking at home, an oven, a flat pan and a fryingpan. Oil is in every one of them and it enters differently each time, mingled into the flour, anointed onto the wafer, poured over the pieces. The law bends to the utensil a household happens to own, the same accommodation chapter 1 makes when it lets a man bring two turtledoves in place of a bullock.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
15 And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meat offering. 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 L ORD .
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — scripture-overlap:96%@v15-16
And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in an oven,....
This offering made by fire is here said to be of a sweet savour unto the Lord; and so are our spiritual offerings, which are made by the fire of holy love, particularly that of almsgiving, which is said to be an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well pleasing to God ( Phil. iv. 18 ), and with such sacrifices God is well pleased, Heb. xiii.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven--generally a circular hole excavated in the floor, from one to five feet deep, the sides of which are covered with hardened plaster, on which cakes are baked of the form and thickness of pancakes.
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A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The four kinds of bread and the three cooking utensils which are mentioned in this section were probably such as were in common use in the daily life of the Israelites; and there appears no reason to doubt that they were such as are still used in the East. The variety of the offerings was most likely permitted to suit the different circumstances of the worshippers. Lev 2:4 Oven - This was probably a portable vessel of earthenware; in shape a cone about 3 ft. 6 in. high, and 1 ft. 6 in. in diameter. Similar jars are now used for the same purpose by the Arabs. After the vessel has been thoroughly heated by a fire lighted in the inside, the cakes are placed within it, and the top is covered up until they are sufficiently baked. Meantime the outside of the vessel is turned to account. Dough rolled out very thin is spread over it, and a sort of wafer is produced considerably thinner than a Scotch oat-cake. Lev 2:5 A pan - Rather, as in the margin, a flat plate. It was probably of earthenware, like the oven. Lev 2:6 Part it in pieces - Break, not cut. The Bedouins are in the habit of breaking up their cakes when warm and mixing the fragments with butter when that luxury can be obtained. Lev 2:7 Fryingpan - Rather, pan, commonly used for boiling. It is possible that the cakes here spoken of were boiled in oil. The “pan” and the “frying pan” Lev 2:5, Lev 2:7 may have been the common cooking implements of the poorest of the people.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְכִ֥י | vekhi | and if | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| תַקְרִ֛ב | takriv | you will present | H7126 → | 280 times |
| קָרְבַּ֥ן | kareban | a present of | H7133 → | 82 times |
| מִנְחָ֖ה | minchah | a grain offering | H4503 → | 211 times |
| מַאֲפֵ֣ה | maapeh | a baked item of | H3989 → | |
| תַנּ֑וּר | tanur | an oven | H8574 → | 15 times |
| סֹ֣לֶת | solet | fine flour of | H5560 → | 53 times |
| חַלּ֤וֹת | chalot | round perforated breads of | H2471 → | 14 times |
| מַצֹּת֙ | matzot | unleavened bread<s> | H4682 → | 53 times |
| בְּלוּלֹ֣ת | belulot | mixed | H1101 → | 43 times |
| בַּשֶּׁ֔מֶן | bashemen | with <the> oil | H8081 → | 193 times |
| וּרְקִיקֵ֥י | urekikei | and thin breads of | H7550 → | 8 times |
| מַצּ֖וֹת | matzot | unleavened bread<s> | H4682 → | 53 times |
| מְשֻׁחִ֥ים | meshuchim | smeared | H4886 → | 70 times |
| בַּשָּֽׁמֶן׃ ס | bashamen | with <the> oil | H8081 → | 193 times |
וְכִ֥יand if
vekhiH3588 →4482 times
תַקְרִ֛בyou will present
takrivH7126 →280 times
קָרְבַּ֥ןa present of
karebanH7133 →82 times
מִנְחָ֖הa grain offering
minchahH4503 →211 times
מַאֲפֵ֣הa baked item of
maapehH3989 →
תַנּ֑וּרan oven
tanurH8574 →15 times
סֹ֣לֶתfine flour of
soletH5560 →53 times
חַלּ֤וֹתround perforated breads of
chalotH2471 →14 times
מַצֹּת֙unleavened bread<s>
matzotH4682 →53 times
בְּלוּלֹ֣תmixed
belulotH1101 →43 times
בַּשֶּׁ֔מֶןwith <the> oil
bashemenH8081 →193 times
וּרְקִיקֵ֥יand thin breads of
urekikeiH7550 →8 times
מַצּ֖וֹתunleavened bread<s>
matzotH4682 →53 times
מְשֻׁחִ֥יםsmeared
meshuchimH4886 →70 times
בַּשָּֽׁמֶן׃ סwith <the> oil
bashamenH8081 →193 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
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1 Peter 2:1Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
it leads to
- Ephesians 4:31
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
- James 1:21
Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.
- James 4:11
Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of…
- 1 Peter 3:10
For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.
- Colossians 3:5–8
Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
- Ephesians 4:31
Through
Hebrews 7:26Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
- 1 Peter 2:22
“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
- Hebrews 4:14–15
Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.