³ In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of ^(A)the fruit of the ground,

^12 (A)All the best of the oil and all the best of the wine and of the grain, ^(B)the firstfruits of what they give to the Lord, I give to you.

Laws for Grain Offerings

2 “When anyone brings a ^(A)grain offering as an offering to the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour. ^(B)He shall pour oil on it and put frankincense on it ² and bring it to Aaron's sons the priests. And he shall take from it a handful of the fine flour and oil, with all of its frankincense, and the priest shall burn this as its ^(C)memorial portion on the altar, a food ^(D)offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord. ³ But the ^(E)rest of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; ^(F)it is a most holy part of the Lord's food offerings.

⁴ “When you bring a grain offering baked in the oven as an offering, it shall be ^(G)unleavened loaves of fine flour mixed with oil or unleavened wafers smeared with oil. ⁵ And if your offering is a grain offering ^(H)baked on a griddle, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mixed with oil. ⁶ You shall break it in pieces and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering. ⁷ And if your offering is a grain offering cooked in a pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. ⁸ And you shall bring the grain offering that is made of these things to the Lord, and when it is presented to the priest, he shall bring it to the altar. ⁹ And the priest shall take from the grain offering its memorial portion and burn this on the altar, a food ^(I)offering with a ^(J)pleasing aroma to the Lord. ¹⁰ But the ^(K)rest of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; ^(L)it is a most holy part of the Lord's food offerings.

¹¹ “No grain offering that you bring to the Lord shall be made with ^(M)leaven, for you shall burn no leaven nor any honey as a food offering to the Lord.

⁷ And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

⁶ While this was taking place, I was not in Jerusalem, for ^(A)in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes ^(B)king of Babylon I went to the king. And after some time I asked leave of the king