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 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.

 5 ¶ And if thy oblation *be* a meat offering *baken* in a pan, it shall be *of* fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.*

 6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it *is* a meat offering.

 7 ¶ And if thy oblation *be* a meat offering *baken* in the fryingpan, it shall be made *of* fine flour with oil.

 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.

 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.
 
[Leviticus 1](/study/leviticus/1) [Leviticus 3](/study/leviticus/3)

## Commentary

 To verse 1
 
**A meat offering -**Better translated in [Leviticus 2:4](/kjv/leviticus/2/4) an oblation of a meat offering קרבן *qorbân*, see [Leviticus 1:2](/kjv/leviticus/1/2) מנחה *mı̂nchāh*. signifies literally a “gift”; and it appears to have been applied especially to what was given by an inferior to a superior [Genesis 32:18-20](/kjv/genesis/32/18-20); [Genesis 43:11](/kjv/genesis/43/11); [Jdg 3:15](/kjv/jdg/3/15); [1 Samuel 10:27](/kjv/1-samuel/10/27) : but in the technical language of the Law, it regularly denoted the vegetable offerings as distinguished from the animal offerings. Our translators have rendered it “meat-offering”, applying the word “meat”, according to old usage, as a general term for food. Vegetable-offering or meal-offering would be a more convenient rendering. 

The meaning of the מנחה *mı̂nchāh* appears to be much more simple than that of the animal sacrifices. The מנחה *mı̂nchāh*, as a sacrifice, was something surrendered to God, which was of the greatest value to man as a means of living. It might thus seem to be merely eucharistic. But it should not be overlooked that the grain had been modified, and made useful, by man’s own labor. Hence, it has been supposed that the מנחה *mı̂nchāh* expressed a confession that all our good works are performed in God and are due to Him. 

The order in which the kinds of offering are named agrees with their development in order of time. The burnt-offering and the מנחה *mı̂nchāh* answer to the first two offerings on record [Genesis 4:3-4](/kjv/genesis/4/3-4); [Amos 5:22](/kjv/amos/5/22). 

Three kinds of מנחה *mı̂nchāh* are here mentioned; (1) [Leviticus 2:1-3](/kjv/leviticus/2/1-3); (2) [Leviticus 2:4-7](/kjv/leviticus/2/4-7); (3) [Leviticus 2:14-16](/kjv/leviticus/2/14-16). Of each of them a small portion was burned on the altar “for a memorial,” and the remainder was given to the priests. The offerings of flour belonged to the priests at large, but those of cakes and wafers to the officiating priests, [Leviticus 7:9-10](/kjv/leviticus/7/9-10). Instructions to the priests are given in [Leviticus 6:14-23](/kjv/leviticus/6/14-23). 

**Fine flour -**finely bolted flour of wheat. It was probably always presented in a bowl, compare [Numbers 7:13](/kjv/numbers/7/13). 

**Oil -**For the purpose of anointing and as food; in both senses a symbol of divine grace. 

**Frankincense -**See the [Exodus 30:34](/kjv/exodus/30/34) note.

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