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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,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The text records a divine command given to Moses for the Israelite assembly, establishing the initial requirements for a specific sacrificial procedure.
The words — מִנְחָה (minchah) identifies the grain offering, and סֹלֶת (solet) specifies the mandatory base ingredient as fine flour.
The thread — This offering type recurs in Leviticus 6:14 and Leviticus 9:17, while Isaiah 66:20 applies the offering framework to nations bringing people as gifts to the LORD.
Why it lands — The text dictates exact material components and preparation steps, requiring the worshiper to supply fine flour, olive oil, and frankincense before handing the offering to Aaron’s sons the priests.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And when any will offer a meat offering unto the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:
Cross-references
- Leviticus 6:14 Now this is the law of the grain offering: Aaron’s sons shall present it before the LORD in front of the altar.
- Leviticus 9:17 Next he presented the grain offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar in addition to the morning’s burnt offering.
- Isaiah 66:20 And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots and wagons, on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.”
- Revelation 8:3 Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.
- Numbers 7:19 The offering he presented was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
- Jude 1:20 But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
- Exodus 29:2 along with unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil. Make them out of fine wheat flour,
- Leviticus 2:4 Now 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.
- Leviticus 2:15 And you are to put oil and frankincense on it; it is a grain offering.
- Leviticus 6:20 “This is the offering that Aaron and his sons must present to the LORD on the day he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.