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The priest shall take a handful of the flour and oil, together with all the incense, and burn this as a memorial portion on the altar, a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the LORD. <a href="/nlt/leviticus/2.htm">New Living Translation</a> and bring it to Aaron’s sons, the priests. The priest will scoop out a handful of the flour moistened with oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn this representative portion on the altar. It is a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. <a href="/esv/leviticus/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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 memorial portion on the altar, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the LORD. <a href="/bsb/leviticus/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. The priest shall take a handful of the flour and oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn this as a memorial portion on the altar, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. <a href="/kjv/leviticus/2.htm">King James Bible</a> And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: <a href="/nkjv/leviticus/2.htm">New King James Version</a> He shall bring it to Aaron’s sons, the priests, one of whom shall take from it his handful of fine flour and oil with all the frankincense. And the priest shall burn it as a memorial on the altar, an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD. <a href="/nasb_/leviticus/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> He shall then bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests; and he shall take from it his handful of its fine flour and of its oil, with all of its frankincense. And the priest shall offer it up in smoke as its memorial portion on the altar, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the LORD. <a href="/nasb/leviticus/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> He shall then bring it to Aaron&#8217s sons the priests; and shall take from it his handful of its fine flour and of its oil with all of its frankincense. And the priest shall offer it up in smoke as its memorial portion on the altar, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the LORD. <a href="/nasb77/leviticus/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘He shall then bring it to Aaron’s sons, the priests; and shall take from it his handful of its fine flour and of its oil with all of its frankincense. And the priest shall offer it up in smoke as its memorial portion on the altar, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the LORD. <a href="/lsb/leviticus/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> He shall then bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests; and he shall take from it his handful of its fine flour and of its oil with all of its frankincense. And the priest shall offer it up in smoke as its memorial portion on the altar, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to Yahweh. <a href="/amp/leviticus/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> He shall bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. Out of it he shall take a handful of the fine flour and oil, with all of its frankincense, and the priest shall offer this up in smoke on the altar [of burnt offering] as the memorial portion of it. It is an offering by fire, a sweet and soothing aroma to the LORD. <a href="/csb/leviticus/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. The priest will take a handful of fine flour and oil from it, along with all its frankincense, and will burn this memorial portion of it on the altar, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. <a href="/hcsb/leviticus/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> and bring it to Aaron&#8217s sons the priests. The priest will take a handful of fine flour and oil from it, along with all its frankincense, and will burn this memorial portion of it on the altar, a fire offering of a pleasing aroma to the LORD. <a href="/asv/leviticus/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> and he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests; and he shall take thereout his handful of the fine flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof. And the priest shall burn it as the memorial thereof upon the altar, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah: <a href="/cev/leviticus/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> and take it to the priests from Aaron's family. One of them will scoop up the incense together with a handful of the flour and oil. Then, to show that the whole offering belongs to me, the priest will lay this part on the bronze altar and send it up in smoke with a smell that pleases me. <a href="/erv/leviticus/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> and he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the fine flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn it as the memorial thereof upon the altar, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: <a href="/gwt/leviticus/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Then bring it to Aaron's sons, the priests. Take from this a handful of flour with olive oil, and all the incense. The priest will burn it on the altar as a reminder. It is an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to the LORD. <a href="/gnt/leviticus/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> and bring it to the Aaronite priests. The officiating priest shall take a handful of the flour and oil and all of the incense and burn it on the altar as a token that it has all been offered to the LORD. The odor of this food offering is pleasing to the LORD. <a href="/isv/leviticus/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> Then he is to bring it to Aaron's sons, the priests. He is to take a handful of fine flour, the olive oil, and all of the frankincense. Then the priest is to offer a memorial offering by fire, an aroma pleasing to the LORD. <a href="/msb/leviticus/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> and bring it to Aaron?s sons the priests. The priest shall take a handful of the flour and oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn this as a memorial portion on the altar, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. <a href="/net/leviticus/2.htm">NET Bible</a> Then he must bring it to the sons of Aaron, the priests, and the priest must scoop out from there a handful of its choice wheat flour and some of its olive oil in addition to all of its frankincense, and the priest must offer its memorial portion up in smoke on the altar--it is a gift of a soothing aroma to the LORD. <a href="/nheb/leviticus/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> He shall bring it to Aaron's sons, the priests; and he shall take his handful of its fine flour, and of its oil, with all its frankincense; and the priest shall burn its memorial on the altar, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to the LORD. <a href="/wbt/leviticus/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take out of it his handful of its flour, and of its oil, with all its frankincense; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to the LORD: <a href="/web/leviticus/2.htm">World English Bible</a> He shall bring it to Aaron’s sons, the priests. He shall take his handful of its fine flour, and of its oil, with all its frankincense, and the priest shall burn its memorial on the altar, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/leviticus/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and he has brought it to the sons of Aaron, the priests, and one [of the priests] has taken from there the fullness of his hand of its flour and of its oil, besides all its frankincense, and the priest has made incense with its memorial on the altar, a fire-offering of refreshing fragrance to YHWH; <a href="/ylt/leviticus/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and he hath brought it in unto the sons of Aaron, the priests, and he hath taken from thence the fulness of his hand of its flour and of its oil, besides all its frankincense, and the priest hath made perfume with its memorial on the altar, a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah; <a href="/slt/leviticus/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And he brought it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he pressed together from it his hand full from its fine flour, and from its oil, upon all its frankincense, and the priest burnt its memorial upon the altar, a sacrifice, an odor of sweetness to Jehovah.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/leviticus/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And shall bring it to the sons of Aaron the priests: and one of them shall take a handful of the flour and oil, and all the frankincense, and shall put it a memorial upon the altar for a most sweet savour to the Lord. <a href="/cpdv/leviticus/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> and he shall bring it to the sons of Aaron, the priests. One of them shall take a handful of the flour with oil, as well as all the frankincense, and he shall place it as a memorial upon the altar, as a most sweet odor to the Lord. <a href="/nabre/leviticus/2.htm">New American Bible</a> and bring it to Aaron’s sons, the priests. A priest shall take a handful of the bran flour and oil, together with all the frankincense, and shall burn it on the altar as a token of the offering, a sweet-smelling oblation to the LORD. <a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> 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 of pleasing odor to the LORD.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons, the priests; and he shall take from it his handful of the fine flour, and from the oil, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn his memorial offering upon the altar to be an offering made by fire, a sweet savour to the LORD. <a href="/hpbt/leviticus/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And he shall bring it to the Priest, son of Ahron, and he will take a handful from there, his hand full of fine flour and of oil with all the frankincense and the Priest shall offer up his memorial on the altar, a gift for a pleasing savor to LORD JEHOVAH.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/leviticus/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests; and he shall take thereout his handful of the fine flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, together with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall make the memorial-part thereof smoke upon the altar, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. <a href="/sep/leviticus/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And he shall bring it to the priests the sons of Aaron: and having taken from it a handful of the fine flour with the oil, and all its frankincense, then the priest shall put the memorial of it on the altar: it is a sacrifice, an odour of sweet savour to the Lord. <a href="/parallel/leviticus/2-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=176" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/leviticus/2.htm">Laws for Grain Offerings</a> 1“When anyone brings a grain offering to the LORD, his offering must consist of fine flour. He is to pour olive oil on it, put frankincense on it, 2<a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: we·hĕ·ḇî·’āh (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3ms:: 3fs) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">and bring</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">it to</a> <a href="/hebrew/175.htm" title="175: ’a·hă·rōn (N-proper-ms) -- An elder brother of Moses. Of uncertain derivation; Aharon, the brother of Moses.">Aaron’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: hak·kō·hă·nîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">the priests.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: hak·kō·hên (Art:: N-ms) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">The priest</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7061.htm" title="7061: wə·qā·maṣ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- Enclose with the hand, grasp. A primitive root; to grasp with the hand.">shall take a handful</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: miš·šām (Prep-m:: Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4393.htm" title="4393: mə·lō (N-msc) -- Fullness, that which fills. Rarely mlowf; or mlow,; from male'; fulness."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7062.htm" title="7062: qum·ṣōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Closed hand, fist. From qamats; a grasp, i.e. Handful."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5560.htm" title="5560: mis·sā·lə·tāh (Prep-m:: N-fsc:: 3fs) -- Fine flour. From an unused root meaning to strip; flour.">of the flour</a> <a href="/hebrew/8081.htm" title="8081: ū·miš·šam·nāh (Conj-w, Prep-m:: N-msc:: 3fs) -- Fat, oil. From shaman; grease, especially liquid; figuratively, richness.">and oil,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">together with</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/3828.htm" title="3828: lə·ḇō·nā·ṯāh (N-fsc:: 3fs) -- Frankincense. Or lbonah; from laban; frankincense.">the frankincense,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6999.htm" title="6999: wə·hiq·ṭîr (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To make sacrifices smoke. A primitive root; to smoke, i.e. Turn into fragrance by fire.">and burn this</a> <a href="/hebrew/234.htm" title="234: ’az·kā·rā·ṯāh (N-fsc:: 3fs) -- A memorial offering. From zakar; a reminder; specifically remembrance- offering.">as a memorial portion</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: ham·miz·bê·ḥāh (Art:: N-ms:: 3fs) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">on the altar,</a> <a href="/hebrew/801.htm" title="801: ’iš·šêh (N-msc) -- The same as 'eshshah, but used in a liturgical sense; properly, a burnt-offering; but occasionally of any sacrifice.">an offering made by fire,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5207.htm" title="5207: nî·ḥō·aḥ (N-ms) -- A quieting, soothing, tranquilizing. Or niychoach; from nuwach; properly, restful, i.e. Pleasant; abstractly, delight.">a pleasing</a> <a href="/hebrew/7381.htm" title="7381: rê·aḥ (N-msc) -- To smell, perceive odor. From ruwach; odor.">aroma</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD.</a> 3The remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/29-18.htm">Exodus 29:18</a> Then burn the entire ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD. <a href="/numbers/15-4.htm">Numbers 15:4-10</a> then the one presenting his offering to the LORD shall also present a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a quarter hin of olive oil. / With the burnt offering or sacrifice of each lamb, you are to prepare a quarter hin of wine as a drink offering. / With a ram you are to prepare a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a third of a hin of olive oil, ... <a href="/numbers/28-5.htm">Numbers 28:5</a> along with a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives. <a href="/leviticus/6-14.htm">Leviticus 6:14-18</a> Now this is the law of the grain offering: Aaron’s sons shall present it before the LORD in front of the altar. / The priest is to remove a handful of fine flour and olive oil, together with all the frankincense from the grain offering, and burn the memorial portion on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. / Aaron and his sons are to eat the remainder. It must be eaten without leaven in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting. ... <a href="/leviticus/7-9.htm">Leviticus 7:9-10</a> Likewise, every grain offering that is baked in an oven or cooked in a pan or on a griddle belongs to the priest who presents it, / and every grain offering, whether dry or mixed with oil, belongs equally to all the sons of Aaron. <a href="/leviticus/24-7.htm">Leviticus 24:7</a> And you are to place pure frankincense near each row, so that it may serve as a memorial portion for the bread, a food offering to the LORD. <a href="/numbers/18-9.htm">Numbers 18:9</a> A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons. <a href="/1_samuel/2-15.htm">1 Samuel 2:15-16</a> Even before the fat was burned, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he will not accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.” / And if any man said to him, “The fat must be burned first; then you may take whatever you want,” the servant would reply, “No, you must give it to me right now. If you refuse, I will take it by force!” <a href="/2_chronicles/2-4.htm">2 Chronicles 2:4</a> Behold, I am about to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God to dedicate to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, for displaying the showbread continuously, and for making burnt offerings every morning and evening as well as on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts of the LORD our God. This is ordained for Israel forever. <a href="/nehemiah/10-37.htm">Nehemiah 10:37</a> Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where we labor. <a href="/ezekiel/44-30.htm">Ezekiel 44:30</a> The best of all the firstfruits and of every contribution from all your offerings will belong to the priests. You are to give your first batch of dough to the priest, so that a blessing may rest upon your homes. <a href="/matthew/5-23.htm">Matthew 5:23-24</a> So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, / leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift. <a href="/mark/12-33.htm">Mark 12:33</a> and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. This is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.” <a href="/luke/1-9.htm">Luke 1:9</a> he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense. <a href="/luke/2-24.htm">Luke 2:24</a> and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take out of there his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it on the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet smell to the LORD:the memorial<a href="/leviticus/2-9.htm">Leviticus 2:9</a> And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.<a href="/leviticus/5-12.htm">Leviticus 5:12</a> Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: it is a sin offering.<a href="/leviticus/6-15.htm">Leviticus 6:15</a> And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the memorial of it, unto the LORD.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/1-11.htm">Aaron's</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-17.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-17.htm">Aroma</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-17.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-1.htm">Fine</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-17.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-1.htm">Flour</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-1.htm">Frankincense</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-22.htm">Handful</a> <a href="/exodus/39-7.htm">Memorial</a> <a href="/numbers/5-26.htm">Memorial-Part</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-1.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-1.htm">Oil</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-17.htm">Pleasant</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-17.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-11.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-17.htm">Savor</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-17.htm">Smoke</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-17.htm">Sweet</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-17.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/judges/15-19.htm">Thereout</a> <a href="/exodus/39-4.htm">Together</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/2-3.htm">Aaron's</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-8.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-9.htm">Aroma</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-9.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-4.htm">Fine</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-3.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-4.htm">Flour</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-15.htm">Frankincense</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-12.htm">Handful</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-9.htm">Memorial</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-9.htm">Memorial-Part</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-3.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-4.htm">Oil</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-9.htm">Pleasant</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-8.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/3-2.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-9.htm">Savor</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-9.htm">Smoke</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-9.htm">Sweet</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-9.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/judges/15-19.htm">Thereout</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-16.htm">Together</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 2</div>1. <a href="/leviticus/2-1.htm">The meat offering with oil and incense</a> 4. <a href="/leviticus/2-4.htm">either baked in the oven</a> 5. <a href="/leviticus/2-5.htm">or on a plate</a> 7. <a href="/leviticus/2-7.htm">or in a frying pan</a> 12. <a href="/leviticus/2-12.htm">The first fruits not to be burnt on the altar,</a> 13. <a href="/leviticus/2-13.htm">Salt to be used with every offering</a> 14. <a href="/leviticus/2-14.htm">The offering of first fruits</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the Levitical system, the priests, specifically the descendants of Aaron, were designated as mediators between God and the people. This phrase emphasizes the role of the priesthood in the sacrificial system, highlighting their responsibility to perform the rituals correctly. The priesthood was established in <a href="/exodus/28.htm">Exodus 28-29</a>, where Aaron and his sons were consecrated for this sacred duty. This lineage underscores the importance of maintaining a holy and set-apart priesthood, which is a theme that runs throughout the Old Testament.The priest shall take a handful of the flour and oil, The act of taking a handful signifies the portion of the offering that is dedicated to God. Flour and oil were common elements in ancient Near Eastern offerings, symbolizing sustenance and the richness of life. The use of these elements in offerings reflects the agrarian society of ancient Israel, where such produce was a staple. This act of taking a portion also foreshadows the concept of firstfruits, where the best of what one has is given to God.together with all the frankincense, Frankincense, a valuable resin, was used in worship for its fragrance and as a symbol of prayer rising to God. Its inclusion in the offering signifies the importance of a pleasing aroma, which is a recurring theme in sacrificial language. Frankincense was also one of the gifts brought to Jesus by the Magi (<a href="/matthew/2-11.htm">Matthew 2:11</a>), symbolizing His priestly role and the sweet savor of His life and sacrifice.and burn this as a memorial portion on the altar, The burning of the offering on the altar serves as a memorial before God, a reminder of the covenant relationship between God and Israel. The altar, central to the tabernacle and later the temple, was the place where sacrifices were made, symbolizing atonement and reconciliation. This act of burning signifies the transformation of the offering into something that ascends to God, akin to prayers and intercessions.a food offering, The term "food offering" indicates that the sacrifice is seen as a meal shared with God, symbolizing fellowship and communion. This concept is foundational in understanding the sacrificial system as a means of maintaining a relationship with God. It also prefigures the ultimate sacrifice of Christ, who referred to Himself as the "bread of life" (<a href="/john/6-35.htm">John 6:35</a>), offering Himself for the sustenance of humanity.a pleasing aroma to the LORD. The idea of a "pleasing aroma" signifies God's acceptance of the offering. This phrase is used throughout the Old Testament to describe sacrifices that are offered with the right heart and intention. It points to the necessity of sincerity in worship and obedience. In the New Testament, Christ's sacrifice is described as a "fragrant offering" (<a href="/ephesians/5-2.htm">Ephesians 5:2</a>), fulfilling the typology of the Old Testament sacrifices and demonstrating the ultimate act of love and obedience to God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/a/aaron's_sons.htm">Aaron's Sons (Priests)</a> The descendants of Aaron, who were appointed as priests to serve in the tabernacle and later the temple, performing sacrifices and rituals as mediators between God and the Israelites. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_altar.htm">The Altar</a> A sacred place where offerings and sacrifices were made to God. It symbolizes the place of divine-human interaction and worship. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_memorial_portion.htm">The Memorial Portion</a> A part of the grain offering that is burned on the altar, representing the whole offering and serving as a reminder of the worshiper's dedication to God. 4. <a href="/topical/o/offering_made_by_fire.htm">Offering Made by Fire</a> A sacrificial act involving burning, which signifies purification and dedication to God, producing a "pleasing aroma" to the LORD. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a> The covenant name of God, Yahweh, who is the recipient of the offerings and the one who establishes the covenant with Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_priests.htm">The Role of Priests</a> The priests served as mediators between God and the people, highlighting the importance of intercession and spiritual leadership in the community of faith. <a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_offering.htm">Symbolism of the Offering</a> The grain offering, with its fine flour, oil, and frankincense, symbolizes dedication, purity, and the pleasing nature of worship when offered sincerely to God. <a href="/topical/t/the_pleasing_aroma.htm">The Pleasing Aroma</a> The concept of a "pleasing aroma" signifies that God delights in sincere worship and obedience, encouraging believers to examine the motives behind their acts of worship. <a href="/topical/c/christ_as_the_ultimate_sacrifice.htm">Christ as the Ultimate Sacrifice</a> The sacrificial system points to Jesus Christ, whose sacrifice on the cross fulfills the need for offerings, inviting believers to rest in His completed work. <a href="/topical/l/living_sacrifices.htm">Living Sacrifices</a> Believers are called to live lives of worship, offering themselves wholly to God in service and obedience, reflecting the principles of the sacrificial system in daily life.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 2</a> <a href="/q/why_did_aaron_offer_for_his_sons.htm">Why did Aaron offer a sin offering for his sons?</a> <a href="/q/who_were_the_bible's_chief_priests.htm">Who were the chief priests in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/what's_the_purpose_of_a_grain_offering.htm">What is the purpose of a grain offering?</a> <a href="/q/why_no_leaven_in_grain_offerings.htm">Leviticus 2:4–5: Why forbid leaven in grain offerings, given that leaven was common in ancient Near Eastern bread-making? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) And he shall take.--Better, And the priest shall take from it a handful of its flour and of its oil with all its frankincense, and this shall he burn as its memorial upon the altar, &c.Memorial.--So called because it was designed to bring the worshipper into the grateful remembrance of God, and to remind him, as it were, of His promise to accept the service of His people rendered to Him in accordance with his command. Hence the declaration of the Psalmist, "the Lord remember all thine offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice" (<a href="/psalms/20-4.htm" title="Grant you according to your own heart, and fulfill all your counsel.">Psalm 20:4</a>), and of the angel to Cornelius, "thy prayers and thy alms are come up for a memorial before God" (<a href="/acts/10-4.htm" title="And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your alms are come up for a memorial before God.">Acts 10:4</a>).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 2. - He shall take there out his handful. This was the task of the priest. The handful that he took and burnt upon the altar has the technical and significative name of the memorial. It acted as a memorial before God, in the same way as Cornelius's prayers and alms - "Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God" (<a href="/acts/10-4.htm">Acts 10:4</a>) - being something which should cause God to think graciously of the offerer. The frankincense is not mixed with the flour and the oil and the salt, as a constituent element of the offering, but is placed upon them, and is all of it burnt in "the memorial," symbolizing the need of adding prayer to sacrifice, that the latter may be acceptable to God. <a href="/commentaries/leviticus/2-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>and bring וֶֽהֱבִיאָ֗הּ (we·hĕ·ḇî·’āh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go it to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to Aaron’s אַהֲרֹן֮ (’a·hă·rōn) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_175.htm">Strong's 175: </a> Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses sons בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son the priests. הַכֹּהֲנִים֒ (hak·kō·hă·nîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> Priest The priest הַכֹּהֵ֜ן (hak·kō·hên) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> Priest shall take a handful וְקָמַ֨ץ (wə·qā·maṣ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7061.htm">Strong's 7061: </a> Enclose with the hand, grasp of the flour מִסָּלְתָּהּ֙ (mis·sā·lə·tāh) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5560.htm">Strong's 5560: </a> Fine flour and oil, וּמִשַּׁמְנָ֔הּ (ū·miš·šam·nāh) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8081.htm">Strong's 8081: </a> Grease, liquid, richness together with עַ֖ל (‘al) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the frankincense, לְבֹנָתָ֑הּ (lə·ḇō·nā·ṯāh) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3828.htm">Strong's 3828: </a> Frankincense and burn this וְהִקְטִ֨יר (wə·hiq·ṭîr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6999.htm">Strong's 6999: </a> To smoke, turn into fragrance by fire as a memorial portion אַזְכָּרָתָהּ֙ (’az·kā·rā·ṯāh) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_234.htm">Strong's 234: </a> A reminder, remembrance-offering on the altar, הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חָה (ham·miz·bê·ḥāh) Article | Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> An altar an offering made by fire, אִשֵּׁ֛ה (’iš·šêh) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_801.htm">Strong's 801: </a> A burnt-offering, a sacrifice a pleasing נִיחֹ֖חַ (nî·ḥō·aḥ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5207.htm">Strong's 5207: </a> A quieting, soothing, tranquilizing aroma רֵ֥יחַ (rê·aḥ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7381.htm">Strong's 7381: </a> To smell, perceive odor to the LORD. לַיהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/2-2.htm">Leviticus 2:2 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/leviticus/2-2.htm">Leviticus 2:2 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/leviticus/2-2.htm">Leviticus 2:2 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/leviticus/2-2.htm">Leviticus 2:2 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/leviticus/2-2.htm">Leviticus 2:2 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/2-2.htm">Leviticus 2:2 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/2-2.htm">Leviticus 2:2 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/2-2.htm">Leviticus 2:2 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/2-2.htm">Leviticus 2:2 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/leviticus/2-2.htm">Leviticus 2:2 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-2.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 2:2 He shall bring it to Aaron's sons (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/2-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 2:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 2:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/2-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 2:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 2:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>