Leviticus 2:6
in Leviticus 2Crumble it and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meal-offering.
KJV
Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat offering.
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This verse in Leviticus 2
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
baked in an oven
on Leviticus 2:4-7
Three ways of preparing it are given, and they are three ways of cooking at home: an oven, a griddle and a pan. The law bends to the utensil a household owns, as chapter 1 lets a man bring a bird in place of a bull.
This site's exposition
Crumble it and pour oil on it
The griddle bread is crumbled and oil poured over the pieces, so the oil enters twice, in the dough and on the crumbs. John Gill speaks of the memorial handful being taken from these pieces. The closing words name the bread a grain offering like the flour of verse 1.
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 .
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Thou shalt part it in pieces,....
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 Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon--Pouring oil on bread is a common practice among Eastern people, who are fond of broken bread dipped in oil, butter, and milk. Oil only was used in the meat offerings, and probably for a symbolic reason.
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The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| פָּת֤וֹת | patot | you will crumble | H6626 → | |
| אֹתָהּ֙ | ʾotah | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| פִּתִּ֔ים | pitim | crumbs | H6595 → | |
| וְיָצַקְתָּ֥ | veyatzakta | and you will pour | H3332 → | 50 times |
| עָלֶ֖יהָ | ʾaleiha | on it | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| שָׁ֑מֶן | shamen | oil | H8081 → | 193 times |
| מִנְחָ֖ה | minchah | [is] a grain offering | H4503 → | 211 times |
| הִֽוא׃ ס | hi' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
פָּת֤וֹתyou will crumble
patotH6626 →
אֹתָהּ֙<obj.> it
ʾotahH853 →10935 times
פִּתִּ֔יםcrumbs
pitimH6595 →
וְיָצַקְתָּ֥and you will pour
veyatzaktaH3332 →50 times
עָלֶ֖יהָon it
ʾaleihaH5921 →5755 times
שָׁ֑מֶןoil
shamenH8081 →193 times
מִנְחָ֖ה[is] a grain offering
minchahH4503 →211 times
הִֽוא׃ סit
hi'H1931 →1879 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
2 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 1:6Next, he is to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.
it leads to
- Leviticus 7:8
As for the priest who presents a burnt offering for anyone, the hide of that offering belongs to him.
- Genesis 3:21
And the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them.
- Leviticus 7:8
Where this verse is studied
About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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.