Leviticus 2:7

If your offering is a grain offering cooked in a pan, it must consist of fine flour with oil.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — Moses relays divine instructions to the Israelites regarding grain offerings. The directive specifies preparation details for offerings brought to the tabernacle.

The words — The Hebrew מַרְחֶ֖שׁת (mar.Che.shet) denotes a specific baking pan, while סֹ֥לֶת (So.let) specifies the required ingredient as fine flour. Together they establish the precise vessel and substance for this variant of the offering.

The thread — This cooking method reappears in Leviticus 7:9, which assigns pan-cooked grain offerings to the presenting priest. The pattern continues the Leviticus 2 framework by categorizing offerings by preparation technique.

Why it lands — The text mandates exact material and vessel specifications before any priestly acceptance. Readers must recognize that ritual compliance requires adherence to prescribed physical details.

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The Hebrew words

וְאִם־ve./'im-and/ if מִנְחַ֥תmin.Chat[is] a grain offering of מַרְחֶ֖שֶׁתmar.Che.sheta baking pan קָרְבָּנֶ֑ךָka.re.ba.Ne./chapresent/ your סֹ֥לֶתSo.letfine flour בַּשֶּׁ֖מֶןba./She.menwith <the>/ oil תֵּעָשֶֽׂה׃te.'a.Sehit will be made

King James Version

And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.

Cross-references

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 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,