Leviticus 2 · Kingdoms of Scripture

1When a person brings a near-offering of a grain gift to Yahweh, his near-offering shall be fine flour. He shall pour oil on it and put frankincense on it.

Notes (1)

Translation
Minchah is a grain gift, as in Exodus. It is not an animal. Soleth is fine flour. Levonah is frankincense, the resin, and the name is kept.

2He shall bring it to the sons of Aaron, the priests. He shall take from it a handful of its fine flour and of its oil, with all its frankincense, and the priest shall turn its memorial portion into smoke on the altar, a food gift of a soothing scent to Yahweh.

Notes (1)

Translation
Qomets is a full closed hand, a handful. Azkarah is the memorial portion, the part that is made to be remembered. The rest is not smoked.

3What is left of the grain gift is for Aaron and for his sons, a most holy thing from the food gifts of Yahweh.

Notes (1)

Translation
Qodesh qodashim is a most holy thing. The same phrase names the holiest place when the sentence is about a place.

4When you bring a near-offering of a grain gift baked in an oven, it shall be fine flour, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers spread with oil.

5If your near-offering is a grain gift on a griddle, it shall be fine flour mixed with oil, unleavened.

6Break it into pieces and pour oil on it. It is a grain gift.

7If your near-offering is a grain gift of the pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.

Notes (1)

Translation
Machavat is a flat griddle. Marcheshet is a deeper pan. The two vessels are not given one English name.

8You shall bring the grain gift that is made from these to Yahweh. It shall be brought to the priest, and he shall bring it near to the altar.

9The priest shall lift up its memorial portion from the grain gift and turn it into smoke on the altar, a food gift of a soothing scent to Yahweh.

10What is left of the grain gift is for Aaron and for his sons, a most holy thing from the food gifts of Yahweh.

11Every grain gift that you bring to Yahweh shall not be made leavened, because you shall not turn any leaven or any honey into smoke as a food gift to Yahweh.

Notes (1)

Translation
Se’or is the leaven starter. Devash is honey. Neither is turned into smoke.

12You shall bring them as a near-offering of first yield to Yahweh, and they shall not go up on the altar for a soothing scent.

13Every near-offering of your grain gift you shall salt with salt. You shall not let the salt of the covenant of your God cease from your grain gift. With every near-offering of yours you shall bring salt.

Notes (1)

Translation
Berit is covenant, as in the glossary. The salt is called the salt of the covenant of your God.

14If you bring a grain gift of first ripe produce to Yahweh, you shall bring fresh ears, roasted in fire, crushed new grain, as your grain gift of first ripe produce.

Notes (1)

Translation
Aviv is fresh ears. Qalui ba-esh is roasted in fire. Geres karmel is crushed new grain. The three are not collapsed into one word.

15You shall put oil on it and set frankincense on it. It is a grain gift.

16The priest shall turn its memorial portion into smoke, some of its crushed grain and some of its oil, with all its frankincense, a food gift to Yahweh.

1When a person brings a near-offering of a grain gift to Yahweh, his near-offering shall be fine flour. He shall pour oil on it and put frankincense on it.

Notes (1)

Translation
Minchah is a grain gift, as in Exodus. It is not an animal. Soleth is fine flour. Levonah is frankincense, the resin, and the name is kept.

Notes (1)

Translation
Qomets is a full closed hand, a handful. Azkarah is the memorial portion, the part that is made to be remembered. The rest is not smoked.

3What is left of the grain gift is for Aaron and for his sons, a most holy thing from the food gifts of Yahweh.

Notes (1)

Translation
Qodesh qodashim is a most holy thing. The same phrase names the holiest place when the sentence is about a place.

4When you bring a near-offering of a grain gift baked in an oven, it shall be fine flour, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers spread with oil.

5If your near-offering is a grain gift on a griddle, it shall be fine flour mixed with oil, unleavened.

6Break it into pieces and pour oil on it. It is a grain gift.

7If your near-offering is a grain gift of the pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.

Notes (1)

Translation
Machavat is a flat griddle. Marcheshet is a deeper pan. The two vessels are not given one English name.

8You shall bring the grain gift that is made from these to Yahweh. It shall be brought to the priest, and he shall bring it near to the altar.

9The priest shall lift up its memorial portion from the grain gift and turn it into smoke on the altar, a food gift of a soothing scent to Yahweh.

10What is left of the grain gift is for Aaron and for his sons, a most holy thing from the food gifts of Yahweh.

11Every grain gift that you bring to Yahweh shall not be made leavened, because you shall not turn any leaven or any honey into smoke as a food gift to Yahweh.

Notes (1)

Translation
Se’or is the leaven starter. Devash is honey. Neither is turned into smoke.

12You shall bring them as a near-offering of first yield to Yahweh, and they shall not go up on the altar for a soothing scent.

Notes (1)

Translation
Berit is covenant, as in the glossary. The salt is called the salt of the covenant of your God.

14If you bring a grain gift of first ripe produce to Yahweh, you shall bring fresh ears, roasted in fire, crushed new grain, as your grain gift of first ripe produce.

Notes (1)

Translation
Aviv is fresh ears. Qalui ba-esh is roasted in fire. Geres karmel is crushed new grain. The three are not collapsed into one word.

15You shall put oil on it and set frankincense on it. It is a grain gift.

16The priest shall turn its memorial portion into smoke, some of its crushed grain and some of its oil, with all its frankincense, a food gift to Yahweh.