Leviticus 2:4

Laws for Grain Offerings · Leviticus 2:1–16
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Translations

Modern
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.
Traditional
And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.
Literal
And if you bring near an offering of a grain offering baked in an oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with the oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with the oil.
Latin
Cum autem obtuleris sacrificium coctum in clibano: de simila, panes scilicet absque fermento, conspersos oleo, et lagana azyma oleo lita.

Original

Hebrew
English
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.

Notes

  • They placed a large ceramic oven in a hole and lit a fire around it. Once the oven was hot, they baked flat cakes or wafers against its inner wall.

  • unleavened: See study note on 2:11; see also Exodus 12:8.

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.

Theme notes and profiles

Ancient Law Codes Pure Worship

Parallels

Leviticus 6:14–23

Glossary

Baker Biblical Concept of Law Bread Deuteronomy, Book of Flour Frankincense History of Israel Incense Law of Moses Leviticus, Book of Memorial Moses Offerings and Sacrifices Oven Water that Brings a Curse, Water of Bitterness, Water of Jealousy

Topics

Bread: How Prepared: Baked in Ovens Meat-Offerings: Consisted of Unleavened Cakes Baked in the Oven Meat-Offerings: Oil and Incense Used With Offerings: Different Kinds of Meat Offerings: Meat: Not Mixed with Leaven (Yeast) Oil used for Food Oven for Baking