KJV King James Version
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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Leviticus 2:14
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
If you bring a grain offering of firstfruits to the LORD, you shall offer crushed heads of new grain roasted on the fire.
WEB World English Bible
“‘If you offer a meal offering of first fruits to Yahweh, you shall offer for the meal offering of your first fruits grain in the ear parched with fire, bruised grain of the fresh ear.
ASV American Standard Version
And if thou offer a meal-offering of first-fruits unto Jehovah, thou shalt offer for the meal-offering of thy first-fruits grain in the ear parched with fire, bruised grain of the fresh ear.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And if thou bring near a present of first-ripe fruits to Jehovah,—of green ears, roasted with fire, beaten out corn of a fruitful field thou dost bring near the present of thy first-ripe fruits,
Surrounding context — 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.
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.
15 And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it [is] a meat offering.
16 And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, [part] of the beaten corn thereof, and [part] of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: [it is] an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְאִם־H518 · imifתַּקְרִ֛יבH7126 · qa.ravto present: comeמִנְחַ֥תH4503 · min.chahofferingבִּכּוּרִ֖יםH1061 · bik.kurfirstfruitלַיהוָ֑הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאָבִ֞יבH24 · a.vivAbibקָל֤וּיH7033 · qa.lahto roastבָּאֵשׁ֙H784 · eshfireגֶּ֣רֶשׂH1643 · ge.re.scrushed grainכַּרְמֶ֔לH3759 · kar.melplantationתַּקְרִ֕יבH7126 · qa.ravto present: comeאֵ֖תH853 · et[Obj.]מִנְחַ֥תH4503 · min.chahofferingבִּכּוּרֶֽיךָ׃H1061 · bik.kurfirstfruit
Cross-references
Leviticus 23:10Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: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.Numbers 28:2Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, [and] my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, [for] a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season.Proverbs 3:9-10Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:Revelation 14:4These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, [being] the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.1 Corinthians 15:20But now is Christ risen from the dead, [and] become the firstfruits of them that slept.Isaiah 53:2-10For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, [there is] no beauty that we should desire him.Leviticus 22:29And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer [it] at your own will.Genesis 4:3And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.Leviticus 23:14-17And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: [it shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.2 Kings 4:42And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.Leviticus 23:20And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits [for] a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.Deuteronomy 26:2That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put [it] in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there.
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