Laws for Grain Offerings

Leviticus 2

1 'When anyone offers a a grain offering to the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour. And he shall pour oil on it, and put b frankincense on it. 2 'He shall bring it to Aaron's sons, the priests, one of whom shall take from it his handful of fine flour and oil with all the frankincense. And the priest shall burn c it as a memorial on the altar, an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD. 3 d 'The rest of the grain offering shall be Aaron's and his e sons'. f It is most holy of the offerings to the LORD made by fire.

4 'And if you bring as an offering a grain offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers g anointed 1 with oil. 5 'But if your offering is a grain offering baked in a 2 pan, it shall be of fine flour, unleavened, mixed with oil. 6 'You shall break it in pieces and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering. 7 'If your offering is a grain offering baked in a h covered pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. 8 'You shall bring the grain offering that is made of these things to the LORD. And when it is presented to the priest, he shall bring it to the altar. 9 'Then the priest shall take from the grain offering i a memorial portion, and burn it on the altar. It is an j offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD. 10 'And k what is left of the grain offering shall be Aaron's and his sons'. It is most holy of the offerings to the LORD made by fire.

11 'No grain offering which you bring to the LORD shall be made with l leaven, for you shall burn no leaven nor any honey in any offering to the LORD made by fire. 12 m 'As for the offering of the firstfruits, you shall offer them to the LORD, but they shall not be burned on the altar for a sweet aroma. 13 'And every offering of your grain offering n you shall season with salt; you shall not allow o the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your grain offering. p With all your offerings you shall offer salt.

14 'If you offer a grain offering of your firstfruits to the LORD, q you shall offer for the grain offering of your firstfruits green heads of grain roasted on the fire, grain beaten from r full heads. 15 'And s you shall put oil on it, and lay frankincense on it. It is a grain offering. 16 'Then the priest shall burn t the memorial portion: part of its beaten grain and part of its oil, with all the frankincense, as an offering made by fire to the LORD.

  1. Cross References
    Leviticus 6:14
    This is the law of the grain offering: The sons of Aaron shall offer it on the altar before the LORD.
    Leviticus 9:17
    Then he brought the grain offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar, besides the burnt sacrifice of the morning.
    Numbers 15:4
    Then he who presents his offering to the LORD shall bring a grain offering of one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one-fourth of a hin of oil.
  2. Cross References
    Leviticus 5:11
    But if he is not able to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then he who sinned shall bring for his offering one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a sin offering. He shall put no oil on it, nor shall he put frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.
  3. Cross References
    Leviticus 2:9
    Then the priest shall take from the grain offering a memorial portion, and burn it on the altar. It is an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD.
    Leviticus 5:12
    Then he shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it as a memorial portion, and burn it on the altar according to the offerings made by fire to the LORD. It is a sin offering.
    Leviticus 6:15
    He shall take from it his handful of the fine flour of the grain offering, with its oil, and all the frankincense which is on the grain offering, and shall burn it on the altar for a sweet aroma, as a memorial to the LORD.
    Leviticus 24:7
    And you shall put pure frankincense on each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
    Acts 10:4
    And when he observed him, he was afraid, and said, "What is it, lord?" So he said to him, "Your prayers and your alms have come up for a memorial before God.
  4. Cross References
    Leviticus 7:9
    Also every grain offering that is baked in the oven and all that is prepared in the covered pan, or in a pan, shall be the priest's who offers it.
  5. Cross References
    Leviticus 6:6
    And he shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD, a ram without blemish from the flock, with your valuation, as a trespass offering, to the priest.
    Leviticus 10:12
    And Moses spoke to Aaron, and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons who were left: "Take the grain offering that remains of the offerings made by fire to the LORD, and eat it without leaven beside the altar; for it is most holy.
    Leviticus 10:13
    You shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your due and your sons' due, of the sacrifices made by fire to the LORD; for so I have been commanded.
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 29:37
    Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and sanctify it. And the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar must be holy.
    Numbers 18:9
    This shall be yours of the most holy things reserved from the fire: every offering of theirs, every grain offering and every sin offering and every trespass offering which they render to Me, shall be most holy for you and your sons.
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 29:2
    And unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil (you shall make them of wheat flour).
  8. Cross References
    Leviticus 7:9
    Also every grain offering that is baked in the oven and all that is prepared in the covered pan, or in a pan, shall be the priest's who offers it.
  9. Cross References
    Leviticus 2:2
    He shall bring it to Aaron's sons, the priests, one of whom shall take from it his handful of fine flour and oil with all the frankincense. And the priest shall burn it as a memorial on the altar, an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD.
    Leviticus 2:16
    Then the priest shall burn the memorial portion: part of its beaten grain and part of its oil, with all the frankincense, as an offering made by fire to the LORD.
    Leviticus 5:12
    Then he shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it as a memorial portion, and burn it on the altar according to the offerings made by fire to the LORD. It is a sin offering.
    Leviticus 6:15
    He shall take from it his handful of the fine flour of the grain offering, with its oil, and all the frankincense which is on the grain offering, and shall burn it on the altar for a sweet aroma, as a memorial to the LORD.
  10. Cross References
    Exodus 29:18
    And you shall burn the whole ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the LORD; it is a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
  11. Cross References
    Leviticus 2:3
    The rest of the grain offering shall be Aaron's and his sons'. It is most holy of the offerings to the LORD made by fire.
    Leviticus 6:16
    And the remainder of it Aaron and his sons shall eat; with unleavened bread it shall be eaten in a holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of meeting they shall eat it.
  12. Cross References
    Exodus 23:18
    You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice w...
    Exodus 34:25
    You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice w...
    Leviticus 6:16
    And the remainder of it Aaron and his sons shal...
    Leviticus 6:17
    It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given...
    Matthew 16:12
    Then they understood that He did not tell them ...
    Mark 8:15
    Then He charged them, saying, "Take heed, bewar...
    Luke 12:1
    In the meantime, when an innumerable multitude ...
    1 Corinthians 5:8
    Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old l...
    Galatians 5:9
    A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
  13. Cross References
    Exodus 22:29
    You shall not delay to offer the first of your ...
    Exodus 34:22
    And you shall observe the Feast of Weeks, of th...
    Leviticus 23:10
    Speak to the children of Israel, and say to the...
    Leviticus 23:11
    He shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be ...
    Leviticus 23:17
    You shall bring from your dwellings two wave lo...
    Leviticus 23:18
    And you shall offer with the bread seven lambs ...
  14. Cross References
    Mark 9:49
    For everyone will be seasoned with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.
    Mark 9:50
    "Salt is good, but if the salt loses its flavor, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace with one another."
    Colossians 4:6
    Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
  15. Cross References
    Numbers 18:19
    "All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to the LORD, I have given to you and your sons and daughters with you as an ordinance forever; it is a covenant of salt forever before the LORD with you and your descendants with you."
    2 Chronicles 13:5
    Should you not know that the LORD God of Israel gave the dominion over Israel to David forever, to him and his sons, by a covenant of salt?
  16. Cross References
    Ezekiel 43:24
    When you offer them before the LORD, the priests shall throw salt on them, and they will offer them up as a burnt offering to the LORD.
  17. Cross References
    Leviticus 23:10
    Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'When you come into the land which I give to you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest.
    Leviticus 23:14
    You shall eat neither bread nor parched grain nor fresh grain until the same day that you have brought an offering to your God; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
  18. Cross References
    2 Kings 4:42
    Then a man came from Baal Shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley bread, and newly ripened grain in his knapsack. And he said, "Give it to the people, that they may eat.
  19. Cross References
    Leviticus 2:1
    When anyone offers a grain offering to the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour. And he shall pour oil on it, and put frankincense on it.
  20. Cross References
    Leviticus 2:2
    He shall bring it to Aaron's sons, the priests, one of whom shall take from it his handful of fine flour and oil with all the frankincense. And the priest shall burn it as a memorial on the altar, an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD.
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