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

¹² All the best of the oil and all the best of the wine and of the grain, the choice produce that they give to the Lord, I have given to you.^(A)

Grain Offerings

2 “When anyone presents a grain offering to the Lord, the offering shall be of choice flour; the worshiper shall pour oil on it and put frankincense on it^{(A) 2} and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. After taking from it a handful of the choice flour and oil, with all its frankincense, the priest shall turn this token portion into smoke on the altar, an offering by fire^[a] of pleasing odor to the Lord.^{(B) 3} And what is left of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons, a most holy part of the offerings by fire^[b] to the Lord.^(C)

⁴ “When you present a grain offering baked in the oven, it shall be of choice flour: unleavened cakes mixed with oil or unleavened wafers spread with oil. ⁵ If your offering is grain prepared on a griddle, it shall be of choice flour mixed with oil, unleavened; ⁶ break it in pieces and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering. ⁷ If your offering is grain prepared in a pan, it shall be made of choice flour in oil. ⁸ You shall bring to the Lord the grain offering that is prepared in any of these ways, and when it is presented to the priest, he shall take it to the altar. ⁹ The priest shall remove from the grain offering its token portion and turn this into smoke on the altar, an offering by fire^[c] of pleasing odor to the Lord.^{(D) 10} And what is left of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings by fire^[d] to the Lord.^(E)

¹¹ “No grain offering that you bring to the Lord shall be made with leaven, for you must not turn any leaven or honey into smoke as an offering by fire^[e] to the Lord.^(F)

⁷ But after a while the wadi dried up because there was no rain in the land.

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