Leviticus 2:5
in Leviticus 2If your offering is a grain offering prepared on a griddle, it must be unleavened bread made of fine flour mixed with oil.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And if thy oblation be a meal-offering of the baking-pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.
KJV
And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.
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This verse in Leviticus 2
Commentary
5 notes on this verseBaken in a pan - מחבת machabath, supposed to be a flat iron plate, placed over the fire; such as is called a griddle in some countries.
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 thy meat offering be an oblation baken on a pan,.... Which had no edge or covering, and the paste on it hard, that it might not run out: it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil; signifying the same as before.
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 words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאִם־ | veim- | and if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| מִנְחָ֥ה | minchah | [is] a grain offering | H4503 → | 211 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַֽמַּחֲבַ֖ת | hamachavat | the baking tray | H4227 → | 5 times |
| קָרְבָּנֶ֑ךָ | karebanecha | present your | H7133 → | 82 times |
| סֹ֛לֶת | solet | fine flour | H5560 → | 53 times |
| בְּלוּלָ֥ה | belulah | mixed | H1101 → | 43 times |
| בַשֶּׁ֖מֶן | vashemen | with <the> oil | H8081 → | 193 times |
| מַצָּ֥ה | matzah | unleavened bread<s> | H4682 → | 53 times |
| תִהְיֶֽה׃ | tihyeh | it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
וְאִם־and if
veim-H518 →1069 times
מִנְחָ֥ה[is] a grain offering
minchahH4503 →211 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַֽמַּחֲבַ֖תthe baking tray
hamachavatH4227 →5 times
קָרְבָּנֶ֑ךָpresent your
karebanechaH7133 →82 times
סֹ֛לֶתfine flour
soletH5560 →53 times
בְּלוּלָ֥הmixed
belulahH1101 →43 times
בַשֶּׁ֖מֶןwith <the> oil
vashemenH8081 →193 times
מַצָּ֥הunleavened bread<s>
matzahH4682 →53 times
תִהְיֶֽה׃it will be
tihyehH1961 →3559 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
7 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.
Through
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.
it leads to
- Leviticus 7:9
Likewise, 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,
- 1 Chronicles 9:31
A Levite named Mattithiah, the firstborn son of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with baking the bread.
- Leviticus 7:9
Through
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,
it leads to
- Leviticus 2:10
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.
- Galatians 6:6
Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor.
- Leviticus 2:3–7
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.
- Ezekiel 44:29
They shall eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Everything in Israel devoted to the LORD will belong to them.
- Numbers 18:9
A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt…
- Leviticus 2:10
About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the 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.