Leviticus

Grain Offerings

Raw Offerings

If anyone offers the Lord a grain offering, it must consist of fine flour onto which he should pour oil and add incense.

He shall bring it to the sons of Aaron, the priests; he is to take a handful of the fine flour, oil, and all the incense, and the priest shall burn it on the altar as a memorial, a burnt offering whose pleasing aroma will be pleasing to the Lord.

The rest of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons; this part is most holy because it comes from the burnt offerings to the Lord.

Prepared Offerings

When you offer a grain offering of bread baked in the oven, the fine flour should be prepared as unleavened cakes mixed with oil or unleavened wafers spread with oil.

If your offering is a grain offering cooked on the griddle, the fine flour mixed with oil must be unleavened.

You should break it into pieces and pour oil over it. It is a grain offering.

If your offering is a grain offering prepared in a pan, the fine flour should be cooked in oil.

You must bring the grain offering prepared this way to the Lord, presenting it to the priest, who will then take it to the altar.

The priest will partake in this offering and burn it on the altar to remind the Lord of the person making the offering. Its sweet-smelling aroma will please the Lord.

The remainder of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons; this is a most holy portion of the Lord’s burnt offering.

Special Offerings

None of the grain offerings you present to the Lord should be prepared with yeast; you must never burn yeast or honey as a burnt offering for the Lord.

You may present them to the Lord as an offering of firstfruits, but they must not ascend as a sweet-smelling aroma to please him.

You must include salt in every grain offering. Never neglect to add the salt of the Covenant with your God to your grain offering: every offering should include an offering of salt to the Lord your God.

First Fruits

If you offer the Lord a grain offering of firstfruits, it may come from either roasted corn or bread made from ground corn.

You should add oil and incense to it; it is a grain offering,

and the priest will burn part of the bread and oil (along with all the incense) as a burnt offering for the Lord.