KJV King James Version
And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be [of] fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:
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Leviticus 2:1
And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be [of] fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“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,
WEB World English Bible
“‘When anyone offers an offering of a meal offering to Yahweh, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil on it, and put frankincense on it.
ASV American Standard Version
And when any one offereth an oblation of a meal-offering unto Jehovah, his oblation shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And when a person bringeth near an offering, a present to Jehovah, of flour is his offering, and he hath poured on it oil, and hath put on it frankincense;
Surrounding context — Leviticus 2
1 And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be [of] fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:
2 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:
3 And the remnant of the meat offering [shall be] Aaron’s and his sons’: [it is] a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.
4 And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven, [it shall be] unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְנֶ֗פֶשׁH5315 · ne.pheshsoulכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforתַקְרִ֞יבH7126 · qa.ravto present: comeקָרְבַּ֤ןH7133 · qor.banofferingמִנְחָה֙H4503 · min.chahofferingלַֽיהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDסֹ֖לֶתH5560 · so.letfine flourיִהְיֶ֣הH1961 · ha.yahto beקָרְבָּנ֑וֹH7133 · qor.banofferingוְיָצַ֤קH3332 · ya.tsaqto pour: pourעָלֶ֙יהָ֙H5921 · aluponשֶׁ֔מֶןH8081 · she.menoilוְנָתַ֥ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveעָלֶ֖יהָH5921 · aluponלְבֹנָֽה׃H3828 · le.vo.nahfrankincense
Cross-references
Leviticus 6:14-18And this [is] the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD, before the altar.Revelation 8:3And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer [it] with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.Leviticus 9:17And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, and burnt [it] upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning.Isaiah 66:20And they shall bring all your brethren [for] an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD.Jude 1:20But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,Numbers 7:19He offered [for] his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof [was] an hundred and thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:1 John 2:27But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.Leviticus 2:15-16And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it [is] a meat offering.Malachi 1:11For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name [shall be] great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense [shall be] offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name [shall be] great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.1 John 2:20But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.Numbers 7:13And his offering [was] one silver charger, the weight thereof [was] an hundred and thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them [were] full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:Leviticus 2:4-8And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven, [it shall be] unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.Exodus 29:2And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: [of] wheaten flour shalt thou make them.John 6:35And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.Leviticus 7:10-12And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one [as much] as another.Numbers 15:4-21Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth [part] of an hin of oil.Leviticus 6:20-23This [is] the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night.Joel 2:14Who knoweth [if] he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; [even] a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?
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