Three prescribed forms — fine flour, something baked, and firstfruits — and two rules that hold for every one of them. Every step opens the verse it rests on.
Step 1 of 9
BeginLeviticus 2:1Bring a grain offering to the LORD.“‘When anyone offers an offering of a meal offering to Yahweh, his offering shall be of fine flour. He shall pour oil on it, and put frankincense on… v1 · WEB
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Choose one prescribed form
1 Fine flour
Bring · memorial · priestly portionLeviticus 2:1–3Bring fine flour with oil and frankincense. The priest burns a memorial portion; the remainder is most holy for the priests.He shall bring it to Aaron’s sons, the priests. He shall take his handful of its fine flour, and of its oil, with all its frankincense, and the… v2 · WEB
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2 Prepared offering
Choose a preparationLeviticus 2:4–7Oven: unleavened loaves with oil, or wafers anointed with oil. Griddle: fine flour with oil, broken into pieces with oil added. Pan: fine flour with oil.“‘When you offer an offering of a meal offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers… v4 · WEB
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Present · memorial · priestly portionLeviticus 2:8–10Bring it to the priest. He burns a memorial portion on the altar; the remainder is most holy for Aaron and his sons.You shall bring the meal offering that is made of these things to Yahweh. It shall be presented to the priest, and he shall bring it to the altar. v8 · WEB
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3 Firstfruits
Bring firstfruitsLeviticus 2:14–15Bring fresh ears roasted by fire and crushed new grain; put oil and frankincense on it.“‘If you offer a meal offering of first fruits to Yahweh, you shall offer for the meal offering of your first fruits fresh heads of grain parched… v14 · WEB
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Burn the memorialLeviticus 2:16The priest burns the memorial portion of the crushed grain, with its oil and all its frankincense.The priest shall burn as its memorial part of its crushed grain and part of its oil, along with all its frankincense. It is an offering made by fire… v16 · WEB
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All For every grain offering
Keep leaven and honey off the altarLeviticus 2:11–12Do not burn leaven or honey. Firstfruits may be brought, but are not offered on the altar for a pleasing aroma.As an offering of first fruits you shall offer them to Yahweh, but they shall not rise up as a pleasant aroma on the altar. v12 · WEB
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Leviticus 2:2, 9, 16Every form ends the same way: a pleasing aroma to the LORD.He shall bring it to Aaron’s sons, the priests. He shall take his handful of its fine flour, and of its oil, with all its frankincense, and the… v2 · WEB
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