The Law of the Grain Offering

14 ‘This is the law of the grain offering: The sons of Aaron shall offer it on the altar before the Lord. 15 He shall take from it his handful of the fine flour of the grain offering, with its oil, and all the frankincense which is on the grain offering, and shall burn it on the altar for a sweet aroma, as a memorial to the Lord. 16 And the remainder of it Aaron and his sons shall eat; with unleavened bread it shall be eaten in a holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of meeting they shall eat it. 17 It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as their [a]portion of My offerings made by fire; it is most holy, like the sin offering and the (A)trespass offering. 18 (B)All the males among the children of Aaron may eat it. (C)It shall be a statute forever in your generations concerning the offerings made by fire to the Lord. (D)Everyone who touches them must be holy.’ ”

19 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 20 (E)“This is the offering of Aaron and his sons, which they shall offer to the Lord, beginning on the day when he is anointed: one-tenth of an (F)ephah of fine flour as a daily grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it at night. 21 It shall be made in a (G)pan with oil. When it is mixed, you shall bring it in. The baked pieces of the grain offering you shall offer for a [b]sweet aroma to the Lord. 22 The priest from among his sons, (H)who is anointed in his place, shall offer it. It is a statute forever to the Lord. (I)It shall be [c]wholly burned. 23 For every grain offering for the priest shall be wholly burned. It shall not be eaten.”

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 6:17 share
  2. Leviticus 6:21 pleasing
  3. Leviticus 6:22 completely

Additional Laws for Grain Offerings

14 “‘And this is the regulation of the grain offering. Aaron’s sons shall present it before[a] Yahweh in front of[b] the altar, 15 and he[c] in his fist shall take away from it some of[d] the grain offering’s finely milled flour, and some of[e] its oil and all of the frankincense that is on the grain offering, and he shall turn into smoke its token portion on the altar as an appeasing fragrance to Yahweh. 16 And Aaron and his sons must eat the remainder of it; they must eat it as unleavened bread in a holy place—in the tent of assembly’s courtyard they must eat it. 17 It must not be baked with yeast. I have given it as their share from my offerings made by fire. It is a most holy thing,[f] like the sin offering and like the guilt offering. 18 Every male among Aaron’s sons may eat it as a lasting rule among your generations from the offerings made by fire belonging to[g] Yahweh. Anything that[h] touches them will become holy.’”

19 Then[i] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 20 “This is the offering of Aaron and his sons that they shall present to Yahweh on the day of his being anointed: a tenth of an[j] ephah of finely milled flour as a perpetual grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening. 21 It must be made[k] in[l] oil on a flat baking pan; you[m] must bring it well-mixed; you must present pieces of a grain offering’s baked goods[n] as an appeasing fragrance to Yahweh. 22 And the anointed priest taking his place from among his sons must do it. As a lasting rule, it must be turned into smoke totally for Yahweh. 23 And every grain offering of a priest must be a whole burnt offering; it must not be eaten.”

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 6:14 Literally “to the faces of”
  2. Leviticus 6:14 Literally “to the faces of”
  3. Leviticus 6:15 That is, the priest; understood by context and 3ms verb
  4. Leviticus 6:15 Literally “from”
  5. Leviticus 6:15 Literally “from”
  6. Leviticus 6:17 Literally “a holiness of holinesses”
  7. Leviticus 6:18 Literally “of”
  8. Leviticus 6:18 Or “Everyone who”
  9. Leviticus 6:19 Or “And”
  10. Leviticus 6:20 Hebrew “the”
  11. Leviticus 6:21 Or “prepared”
  12. Leviticus 6:21 Or “with”
  13. Leviticus 6:21 Singular masculine
  14. Leviticus 6:21 Or “broken bits” (JPS, NET, NIV)