Laws for Grain Offerings

¹ “ ‘When a person¹ brings a grain offering to Yahweh, his offering must be finely milled flour, and he must pour out oil on it and place frankincense on it.

1. Or “a soul”

² And he shall bring it to the sons of Aaron, the priests, and he¹ shall take ⌞his handful from its finely milled flour⌟² and from its oil in addition to all its frankincense. The priest³ shall turn its token portion into smoke on the altar as an offering made by fire, as an appeasing fragrance for Yahweh.

1. That is, the priest—see v. 9
2. Literally “from there his handful from its finely milled flour”
3. Or “And the priest”

³ The remainder¹ of the grain offering ⌞belongs to⌟² Aaron and to his sons—⌞it is a most holy thing⌟³ from the offerings made by fire for⁴ Yahweh.

1. Or “And the remainder”
2. Literally “for”
3. Literally “a holiness of holinesses”
4. Hebrew “of”

⁴ “ ‘But if you bring a grain offering of something oven-baked, it must be of finely milled flour as ring-shaped unleavened bread mixed with oil or wafers of unleavened bread smeared with oil.

⁵ If your offering is a grain offering baked on a¹ flat baking pan, it must be finely milled flour, unleavened bread mixed with oil;

1. Hebrew “the”

⁶ break it into pieces and pour out oil on it; it is a grain offering.

⁷ “ ‘If¹ your offering is a grain offering prepared in a cooking pan, it must be with finely milled flour in oil.

1. Or “And if”

⁸ And you shall bring the grain offering that is made from these things to Yahweh, and the offerer¹ shall bring it to the priest, and he shall bring it to the altar.

1. Changing from 2ms in the first verb to 3ms in the second verb apparently moves from general to specific; NET takes the second verb as an imperative (“Present it”), and NJPS translates it as an indefinite 3ms, making it passive (“it shall be brought”)

⁹ And the priest shall take away from the grain offering its token portion, and he shall turn it into smoke on the altar as an offering made by fire, as an appeasing fragrance for Yahweh.

¹⁰ And the remainder of the grain offering ⌞belongs to⌟¹ Aaron and to his sons—⌞it is a most holy thing⌟² from the offerings made by fire for³ Yahweh.

1. Literally “for”
2. Literally “a holiness of holinesses”
3. Hebrew “of”

¹¹ “ ‘Every grain offering you¹ bring to Yahweh must not be made of yeasted food, because you must not turn into smoke any yeast or any honey from² an offering made by fire for Yahweh.

1. The first time a plural 2m verb has been employed since 1:2
2. Hebrew “from it”

¹² As an offering of the choicest portion, you¹ may bring them to Yahweh, but they must not be offered on the altar as an appeasing fragrance.

1. Another occurrence of the 2mp

¹³ Also all¹ of your grain offerings you must season with salt; you² must not omit the salt of your God’s covenant from your offering.

1. Or “And all”
2. Or “and you”

¹⁴ “ ‘And if you bring to Yahweh a grain offering of firstfruits, you must bring an ear of new grain roasted by fire, coarsely crushed ripe grain, as the grain offering of your firstfruits.

¹⁵ And you shall put oil on it and place frankincense on it; it is a grain offering.

¹⁶ The¹ priest shall turn into smoke its token portion from its coarsely crushed grain together with all of its frankincense—it is an offering made by fire for Yahweh.’ ”

1. Or “And the”