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href="/esv/leviticus/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And if your offering is a grain offering baked on a griddle, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mixed with oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />If your offering is a grain offering prepared on a griddle, it must be unleavened bread made of fine flour mixed with oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And if thy oblation <i>be</i> a meat offering <i>baken</i> in a pan, it shall be <i>of</i> fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But if your offering <i>is</i> a grain offering <i>baked</i> in a pan, <i>it shall be of</i> fine flour, unleavened, mixed with oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And if your offering is a grain offering <i>made</i> on the griddle, <i>it shall be</i> of fine flour, unleavened, mixed with oil;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />If your offering is a grain offering made on the griddle, it shall be of fine flour, unleavened, mixed with oil;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘And if your offering is a grain offering <i>made</i> on the griddle, <i>it shall be</i> of fine flour, unleavened, mixed with oil;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And if your offering is a grain offering <i>made</i> on the griddle, <i>it shall be</i> of fine flour, unleavened, mixed with oil;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />If your offering is grain baked on a griddle, it shall be of fine unleavened flour, mixed with oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If your offering is a grain offering prepared on a griddle, it is to be unleavened bread made of fine flour mixed with oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If your gift is a grain offering prepared on a griddle, it must be unleavened bread made of fine flour mixed with oil. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And if thy oblation be a meal-offering of the baking-pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />If you cook bread in a shallow pan for this sacrifice, use only your finest flour. Mix it with olive oil, but do not use any yeast. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And if thy oblation be a meal offering of the baking pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />If your grain offering is prepared in a frying pan, it, too, will be unleavened bread made of flour mixed with olive oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />If the offering is bread cooked on a griddle, it is to be made of flour mixed with olive oil but without yeast. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"If your grain offering has been prepared on a griddle, then it is to consist of fine flour mixed with olive oil. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />If your offering is a grain offering made on the griddle, it must be choice wheat flour mixed with olive oil, unleavened.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />If your offering is a meal offering of the griddle, it shall be of unleavened fine flour, mixed with oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And if thy oblation shall be a meat-offering baked in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />If your offering is a grain offering prepared on a griddle, it must be unleavened bread made of fine flour mixed with oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />If your offering is a meal offering made on a griddle, it shall be of unleavened fine flour, mixed with oil. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And if your offering [is] a present [made] on the griddle, it is of flour, mixed with oil, unleavened;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And if thine offering is a present made on the girdel, it is of flour, mixed with oil, unleavened;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And if a gift upon the frying pan their offering, fine flour mingled with oil, unleavened it shall be.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />If thy oblation be from the fryingpan, of flour tempered with oil, and without leaven, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />if your oblation will be from the frying pan, of flour tempered with oil and without leaven,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />If your offering is a grain offering that is fried on a griddle, it must be of bran flour mixed with oil and unleavened.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />If your offering is grain prepared on a griddle, it shall be of choice flour mixed with oil, unleavened;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And if your offering be a meal offering baked on a griddle, it shall be of fine unleavened flour mixed with oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And if your offering is fine flour upon a griddle, it shall be fine flour, unleavened, sprinkled with oil.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And if thy offering be a meal-offering baked on a griddle, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And if thy gift <i>be</i> a sacrifice from a pan, it is fine flour mingled with oil, unleavened <i>offerings</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/2-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=215" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/2.htm">Laws for Grain Offerings</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>Now if you bring an offering of grain baked in an oven, it must consist of fine flour, either unleavened cakes mixed with oil or unleavened wafers coated with oil. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: wə·’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">If</a> <a href="/hebrew/7133.htm" title="7133: qā·rə·bā·ne·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Or qurban; from qarab; something brought near the altar, i.e. A sacrificial present.">your offering</a> <a href="/hebrew/4503.htm" title="4503: min·ḥāh (N-fs) -- From an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. Bestow; a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering.">is a grain offering</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.">prepared on</a> <a href="/hebrew/4227.htm" title="4227: ham·ma·ḥă·ḇaṯ (Art:: N-fs) -- A flat plate, pan, griddle. From the same as chabeth; a pan for baking in.">a griddle,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: ṯih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">it must be</a> <a href="/hebrew/4682.htm" title="4682: maṣ·ṣāh (N-fs) -- Unleavened bread or cake. ">unleavened bread</a> <a href="/hebrew/5560.htm" title="5560: sō·leṯ (N-fs) -- Fine flour. From an unused root meaning to strip; flour.">made of fine flour</a> <a href="/hebrew/1101.htm" title="1101: bə·lū·lāh (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-fs) -- To mingle, mix, confuse, confound. A primitive root; to overflow; by implication, to mix; also to fodder.">mixed</a> <a href="/hebrew/8081.htm" title="8081: ḇaš·še·men (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Fat, oil. From shaman; grease, especially liquid; figuratively, richness.">with oil.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>Crumble it and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/6-15.htm">Numbers 6:15</a></span><br />together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—and a basket of unleavened cakes made from fine flour mixed with oil and unleavened wafers coated with oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/15-4.htm">Numbers 15:4-9</a></span><br />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, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/29-2.htm">Exodus 29:2</a></span><br />along with unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil. Make them out of fine wheat flour,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-29.htm">1 Chronicles 23:29</a></span><br />as well as for the rows of the showbread, the fine flour for the grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baking, the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/46-20.htm">Ezekiel 46:20</a></span><br />and said to me, “This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them into the outer court and transmit holiness to the people.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/17-12.htm">1 Kings 17:12-16</a></span><br />But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.” / “Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son, / for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/4-42.htm">2 Kings 4:42-44</a></span><br />Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha. / But his servant asked, “How am I to set twenty loaves before a hundred men?” “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha, “for this is what the LORD says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’” / So he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/6-19.htm">Judges 6:19-21</a></span><br />So Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread and an ephah of flour. He placed the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot and brought them out to present to Him under the oak. / And the angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread, lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth.” And Gideon did so. / Then the angel of the LORD extended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. And fire flared from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/1-24.htm">1 Samuel 1:24</a></span><br />Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/6-19.htm">2 Samuel 6:19</a></span><br />Then he distributed to every man and woman among the multitude of Israel a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake. And all the people departed, each to his own home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-33.htm">Matthew 13:33</a></span><br />He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-26.htm">Matthew 26:26</a></span><br />While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/14-22.htm">Mark 14:22</a></span><br />While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take it; this is My body.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/22-19.htm">Luke 22:19</a></span><br />And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-35.htm">John 6:35</a></span><br />Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And if your oblation be a meat offering baked in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.</p><p class="hdg">in a pan.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/2-4.htm">Baked</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-21.htm">Baking-Pan</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-4.htm">Cereal</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-4.htm">Cooked</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-4.htm">Fine</a> <a href="/genesis/11-2.htm">Flat</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-4.htm">Flour</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-4.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-29.htm">Griddle</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-4.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-4.htm">Meal-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-4.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-4.htm">Meat-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-4.htm">Mingled</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-4.htm">Mixed</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-4.htm">Oblation</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-4.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-4.htm">Oil</a> <a href="/zechariah/12-6.htm">Pan</a> <a href="/exodus/39-30.htm">Plate</a> <a href="/exodus/39-6.htm">Prepared</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-4.htm">Unleavened</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-4.htm">Yeast</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/2-7.htm">Baked</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-21.htm">Baking-Pan</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-6.htm">Cereal</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-7.htm">Cooked</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-7.htm">Fine</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-21.htm">Flat</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-7.htm">Flour</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-6.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-21.htm">Griddle</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-6.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-6.htm">Meal-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-6.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-6.htm">Meat-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-10.htm">Mingled</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-7.htm">Mixed</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-6.htm">Oblation</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-6.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-6.htm">Oil</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-7.htm">Pan</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-21.htm">Plate</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-7.htm">Prepared</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-16.htm">Unleavened</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-11.htm">Yeast</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/2-1.htm">The meat offering with oil and incense</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/2-4.htm">either baked in the oven</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/2-5.htm">or on a plate</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/2-7.htm">or in a frying pan</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/2-12.htm">The first fruits not to be burnt on the altar,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/2-13.htm">Salt to be used with every offering</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/2-14.htm">The offering of first fruits</a></span><br></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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It symbolized dedication and thanksgiving to God. The use of a griddle, a flat cooking surface, indicates a method of preparation distinct from baking or frying, suggesting a simple and humble offering. This method of preparation reflects the everyday life of the Israelites, who would have used similar tools in their daily cooking. The griddle offering is a reminder of the practical and accessible nature of worship, integrating daily life with spiritual devotion.<p><b>it must be unleavened bread</b><br>Unleavened bread, or bread made without yeast, is significant in biblical symbolism. Leaven often represents sin or corruption due to its fermenting process. The requirement for unleavened bread in offerings underscores the need for purity and holiness in approaching God. This connects to the Passover, where unleavened bread was eaten to commemorate the Israelites' hasty departure from Egypt, symbolizing purity and separation from sin. In the New Testament, unleavened bread is seen as a type of Christ, who is sinless and pure.<p><b>made of fine flour</b><br>Fine flour represents the best and most refined product, indicating that offerings to God should be of the highest quality. This reflects the principle of giving God the first and best of what one has, a theme consistent throughout Scripture. The use of fine flour also points to the meticulous care and effort in preparing offerings, symbolizing the worshiper's dedication and reverence. In a broader sense, fine flour can be seen as a type of Christ, who is the perfect and spotless offering.<p><b>mixed with oil</b><br>Oil in the Bible often symbolizes the Holy Spirit, anointing, and consecration. Mixing oil with the fine flour in the grain offering signifies the presence and work of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer. It also represents joy, richness, and the anointing of God. In the context of offerings, oil enhances the quality and aroma, making the offering more pleasing. This can be seen as a type of Christ, who was anointed by the Holy Spirit and whose life was a fragrant offering to God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>- The author of Leviticus, who received the laws and instructions from God to give to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>- The recipients of the Levitical laws, including the instructions for grain offerings.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/tabernacle.htm">Tabernacle</a></b><br>- The place where offerings were brought and presented to God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/priests.htm">Priests</a></b><br>- The individuals responsible for performing the rituals and offerings as prescribed in the law.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/grain_offering.htm">Grain Offering</a></b><br>- A type of offering made to God, symbolizing dedication and thanksgiving.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_ingredients.htm">Symbolism of Ingredients</a></b><br>The use of fine flour and oil in the grain offering symbolizes purity and the presence of the Holy Spirit. Just as the offering was to be without yeast, our lives should be free from sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_in_worship.htm">Holiness in Worship</a></b><br>The detailed instructions for offerings highlight the importance of approaching God with reverence and purity. Our worship should be intentional and sincere, reflecting our dedication to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/thanksgiving_and_dedication.htm">Thanksgiving and Dedication</a></b><br>The grain offering was a way for the Israelites to express gratitude and commitment to God. In our lives, we should regularly offer thanks and dedicate our resources and talents to His service.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consistency_in_faith.htm">Consistency in Faith</a></b><br>Just as the grain offering was a regular part of Israelite worship, we should consistently practice our faith through prayer, study, and service.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_foods_are_mentioned_in_the_bible.htm">What foods are mentioned in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_blame_ignorance_in_leviticus_5_2.htm">If Leviticus 5:2 considers touching an unclean creature as sin, even unknowingly, how can ignorance be morally blameworthy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/leviticus_2_12-13__is_salt_consistently_required.htm">Leviticus 2:12-13: How consistent is the requirement to add salt with other scriptural instances that list different mandatory ingredients?</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>(5) <span class= "bld">Baken in a pan.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">a flat plate. </span>This is probably the iron fire-plate (<a href="/ezekiel/5-3.htm" title="You shall also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in your skirts.">Ezekiel 5:3</a>), with a convex surface, which is placed horizontally upon stones about nine inches from the ground, and underneath which the fire is kindled, used by the Arabs to this day. The large thin cakes, and the thin wafer bread, are laid upon the convex surface, where they are baked in comparatively few minutes. These baking operations took place in the court of the sanctuary, where the vessels of ministration were kept (<a href="/ezekiel/46-20.htm" title="Then said he to me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, to sanctify the people.">Ezekiel 46:20</a>; <a href="/context/1_chronicles/23-28.htm" title="Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;">1Chronicles 23:28-29</a>).<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/2-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">If</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאִם־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your offering</span><br /><span class="heb">קָרְבָּנֶ֑ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(qā·rə·bā·ne·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7133.htm">Strong's 7133: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something brought near the altar, a sacrificial present</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is a grain offering</span><br /><span class="heb">מִנְחָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(min·ḥāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4503.htm">Strong's 4503: </a> </span><span class="str2">A donation, tribute, a sacrificial offering</span><br /><br /><span class="word">prepared on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a griddle,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַֽמַּחֲבַ֖ת</span> <span class="translit">(ham·ma·ḥă·ḇaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4227.htm">Strong's 4227: </a> </span><span class="str2">A flat plate, pan, griddle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it must be</span><br /><span class="heb">תִהְיֶֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(ṯih·yeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">unleavened bread</span><br /><span class="heb">מַצָּ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(maṣ·ṣāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4682.htm">Strong's 4682: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sweetness, sweet, an unfermented cake, loaf, the festival of Passover</span><br /><br /><span class="word">made of fine flour</span><br /><span class="heb">סֹ֛לֶת</span> <span class="translit">(sō·leṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5560.htm">Strong's 5560: </a> </span><span class="str2">Fine flour</span><br /><br /><span class="word">mixed</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּלוּלָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(bə·lū·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1101.htm">Strong's 1101: </a> </span><span class="str2">To mingle, mix, confuse, confound</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with oil.</span><br /><span class="heb">בַשֶּׁ֖מֶן</span> <span class="translit">(ḇaš·še·men)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8081.htm">Strong's 8081: </a> </span><span class="str2">Grease, liquid, richness</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/2-5.htm">Leviticus 2:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/2-5.htm">Leviticus 2:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/2-5.htm">Leviticus 2:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/2-5.htm">Leviticus 2:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/2-5.htm">Leviticus 2:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/2-5.htm">Leviticus 2:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/2-5.htm">Leviticus 2:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/2-5.htm">Leviticus 2:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/2-5.htm">Leviticus 2:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/2-5.htm">Leviticus 2:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/2-5.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 2:5 If your offering is a meal offering (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/2-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 2:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 2:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/2-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 2:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 2:6" /></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>