KJV King James Version
No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the LORD made by fire.
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Leviticus 2:11
No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the LORD made by fire.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
No grain offering that you present to the LORD may be made with leaven, for you are not to burn any leaven or honey as a food offering to the LORD.
WEB World English Bible
“‘No meal offering, which you shall offer to Yahweh, shall be made with yeast; for you shall burn no yeast, nor any honey, as an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
ASV American Standard Version
No meal-offering, which ye shall offer unto Jehovah, shall be made with leaven; for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, as an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
No present which ye bring near to Jehovah is made fermented, for with any leaven or any honey ye perfume no fire-offering to Jehovah.
Surrounding context — Leviticus 2
8 And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things unto the LORD: and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall bring it unto the altar.
9 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.
10 And that which is left 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.
11 No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the LORD made by fire.
12 As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.
13 And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.
14 And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, [even] corn beaten out of full ears.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כָּל־H3605 · kolallהַמִּנְחָ֗הH4503 · min.chahofferingאֲשֶׁ֤רH834 · a.sherwhichתַּקְרִ֙יבוּ֙H7126 · qa.ravto present: comeלַיהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotתֵעָשֶׂ֖הH6213 · a.sahto make: doחָמֵ֑ץH2557 · cha.metsleavenכִּ֤יH3588 · kiforכָל־H3605 · kolallשְׂאֹר֙H7603 · se.orleavenוְכָל־H3605 · kolallדְּבַ֔שׁH1706 · de.vashhoneyלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotתַקְטִ֧ירוּH6999 · qa.tarto offer: burnמִמֶּ֛נּוּH4480 · minfromאִשֶּׁ֖הH801 · ish.shahfood offeringלַֽיהוָֽה׃H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD
Cross-references
Galatians 5:9A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.Luke 12:1In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.Exodus 23:18Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.Leviticus 6:16-17And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.Proverbs 25:27[It is] not good to eat much honey: so [for men] to search their own glory [is not] glory.Proverbs 25:16Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.Mark 8:15And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and [of] the leaven of Herod.Proverbs 24:13My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste:1 Peter 4:2That he no longer should live the rest of [his] time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.Exodus 12:19-20Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.Luke 21:34And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and [so] that day come upon you unawares.Exodus 34:25Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.Matthew 16:6Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.Acts 14:22Confirming the souls of the disciples, [and] exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.Matthew 16:11-12How is it that ye do not understand that I spake [it] not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?1 Corinthians 5:6-8Your glorying [is] not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
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