Leviticus 6:14
in Leviticus 6Now this is the law of the grain offering: Aaron’s sons shall present it before the LORD in front of the altar.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And this is the law of the meal-offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before Jehovah, before the altar.
KJV
And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the Lord, before the altar.
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This verse in Leviticus 6
Commentary
4 notes on this verseOf the meal-offering - Of that which was offered alone, and that by any of the people, not by the priest, for then it must have been all burnt. This law before delivered, is here repeated for the sake of some additions made to it.
This site's exposition
this is the law of the grain offering
on Leviticus 6:14-18
A handful of fine flour and olive oil, with all the frankincense, goes up as the memorial portion. The rest is eaten without leaven in the courtyard, since verse 17 assigns it to the priests as their portion.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And this is the law of the meat offering,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The meat-offering - See Clarke on Lev 2:1 (note), etc.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
מרבכת means, scalded with hot oil to saturation (cf. Sifra, Tzav, Chapter 4 6).
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְזֹ֥את | vezot | and this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| תּוֹרַ֖ת | torat | [is] [the] legal [procedure] of | H8451 → | 219 times |
| הַמִּנְחָ֑ה | haminchah | the grain offering | H4503 → | 211 times |
| הַקְרֵ֨ב | hakrev | they will present | H7126 → | 280 times |
| אֹתָ֤הּ | ʾotah | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּנֵֽי־ | benei- | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אַהֲרֹן֙ | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| לִפְנֵ֣י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| פְּנֵ֖י | penei | [the] face of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃ | hamizbeach | the altar | H4196 → | 401 times |
וְזֹ֥אתand this
vezotH2063 →603 times
תּוֹרַ֖ת[is] [the] legal [procedure] of
toratH8451 →219 times
הַמִּנְחָ֑הthe grain offering
haminchahH4503 →211 times
הַקְרֵ֨בthey will present
hakrevH7126 →280 times
אֹתָ֤הּ<obj.> it
ʾotahH853 →10935 times
בְּנֵֽי־[the] sons of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
אַהֲרֹן֙Aaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
לִפְנֵ֣י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
פְּנֵ֖י[the] face of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃the altar
hamizbeachH4196 →401 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.
Through
Numbers 15:9present with the bull a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a hin of olive oil.
it leads to
- Leviticus 14:10
On the eighth day he is to bring two unblemished male lambs, an unblemished ewe lamb a year old, a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with olive oil,…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 28:14
Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine with each bull, a third of a hin with the ram, and a quarter hin with each lamb. This is the monthly burnt offering…
- Numbers 28:12
along with three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering with each bull, two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering with…
- Leviticus 14:10
Through
Numbers 15:4then the one presenting his offering to the LORD shall also present a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a quarter hin of olive oil.
it leads to
- Exodus 29:40
With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives, and a drink offering of a quarter hin of wine.
- 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 23:13
along with its grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil—an offering made by fire to the LORD, a pleasing aroma—and its drink offering of a quarter hin of…
- Numbers 28:5–8
along with a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives.
- Exodus 29:40
Through
John 6:32Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.
it leads to
- John 15:1
“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.
- John 15:1
Where this verse is studied
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); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.