Leviticus 2:12

Translations

Modern

You may bring them to the LORD as an offering of firstfruits, but they must not go up on the altar as a pleasing aroma.

Traditional

As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the Lord: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.

Literal

An offering of firstfruits you shall bring them near to YHWH; and they shall not go up on the altar for a pleasing aroma.

Latin

Primitias tantum eorum offeretis ac munera: super altare vero non imponentur in odorem suavitatis.

Original

Hebrew

English

You may bring them to the LORD as an offering of firstfruits, but they must not go up on the altar as a pleasing aroma.

Notes

Leviticus 2:12

as an offering of firstfruits: Offering the first crops involved giving the first part of the harvest (Leviticus 23:15–21; Numbers 28:26–31). Like the main portion of the grain offering, this act acknowledged that the entire harvest belonged to God (Leviticus 23:10–11; Exodus 22:29; 23:19; 34:26; Numbers 15:18–20; Deuteronomy 18:4–5; 26:1–2). It also recognized that the land itself, not just its produce, belonged to God. Israel was only the tenant (see Leviticus 25:23).

Leviticus 2:1–16

The grain offering (Hebrew minkhah, meaning “gift” or “present”) allowed people to worship the Lord by giving a gift. It acknowledged the Lord's authority over the worshiper's life. People gave the grain offering with each whole burnt offering (Numbers 28:3–6, 12–13), sin offering (Numbers 6:14–15), and peace offering (Leviticus 9:4; Numbers 6:17). The grain offering provided bread for the priest's daily needs, as priests did not have farmland.

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