Leviticus 2:11

Leviticus 2:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Every grain offering you bring to the Lord must be made without yeast, for you are not to burn any yeast or honey in a food offering presented to the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"No grain offering that you bring to the Lord shall be made with leaven, for you shall burn no leaven nor any honey as a food offering to the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘No grain offering which you bring to the Lord shall be made with leaven, for you shall burn no leaven nor any honey in any offering to the Lord made by fire.

Context of Leviticus 2:11

9The priest is to remove the memorial portion from the grain offering and burn it on the altar as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. 10But the remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the food offerings to the LORD. 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. 12You may bring them to the LORD as an offering of firstfruits, but they must not go up on the altar as a pleasing aroma. 13And you shall season each of your grain offerings with salt. You must not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offering; you are to add salt to each of your offerings.

Leviticus 2:11 word by word

כָּל־הַמִּנְחָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר תַּקְרִ֙יבוּ֙ לַיהוָ֔ה לֹ֥א תֵעָשֶׂ֖ה חָמֵ֑ץ כִּ֤י כָל־שְׂאֹר֙ וְכָל־דְּבַ֔שׁ לֹֽא־תַקְטִ֧ירוּ מִמֶּ֛נּוּ אִשֶּׁ֖ה לַֽיהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Noכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• Noלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• grain offeringמִנְחָהminchâh · offeringH4503
• thatאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• you presentקָרַבqârab · to present: bringH7126
• to the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• may be madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• with leavenחָמֵץchâmêts · leavenH2557
• forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• to burnקָטַרqâţar · to offer: burnH6999
• to burnמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• leavenשְׂאֹרώe'ôr · leavenH7603
• or honeyדְּבַשׁdebash · honeyH1706
• as a food offeringאִשֶּׁה'ishshâh · food offeringH801

Cross-references for Leviticus 2:11

• Leviticus 6:17It must not be baked with leaven; I have assigned it as their portion of My food offerings. It is most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering.
• Exodus 12:19For seven days there must be no leaven found in your houses. If anyone eats something leavened, that person, whether a foreigner or native of the land, must be cut off from the congregation of Israel.
• Matthew 16:6“Watch out!” Jesus told them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
• Mark 8:15“Watch out!” He cautioned them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod.”
• Luke 12:1In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
• 1 Corinthians 5:6Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
• Galatians 5:9A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.
• Proverbs 24:13Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
• Proverbs 25:16If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.
• Luke 21:34But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
• Acts 14:22strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
• 1 Peter 4:2Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.

Commentaries on Leviticus 2:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11No meat-offering - shall be made with leaven - See the reason of this prohibition in the note on Exodus 12:8; (note). Nor any honey - Because it was apt to produce acidity, as some think, when wrought up with flour paste; or rather because it was apt to gripe and prove purgative. On this latter account the College of Physicians have totally left it out of all medicinal preparations. This effect which it has in most constitutions was a sufficient reason…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11As for the oblation of the firstfruits - Rather, As an oblation of firstfruits. The words refer to the leaven and honey mentioned in Leviticus 2:11 which might be offered among the firstfruits and tithes (Deuteronomy 26:2, Deuteronomy 26:12; compare 2 Chronicles 31:5). Honey, being used to produce fermentation, and leaven (or, a small piece of fermented dough) were excluded because fermentation was an apt symbol of the working of corruption in the human…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11leaven: The bread eaten in biblical times was like modern sourdough. What is often called leaven was wild yeast spores mixed into moist dough or flour. The leaven would grow, fermenting and becoming sour and raising the dough. They would save a portion of this sour dough to knead into future batches (Matthew 13:33). Unleavened bread was necessary for Passover (Exodus 12:8). This was to remember Israel's slavery in Egypt (Deuteronomy 16:3) and their quick…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the Lord--Nothing sweet or sour was to be offered. In the warm climates of the East leavened bread soon spoils, and hence it was regarded as the emblem of hypocrisy or corruption. Some, however, think that the prohibition was that leaven and honey were used in the idolatrous rites of the heathen.Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 2:11

• Honey
• Leaven (Yeast)
• Offerings

In the dictionaries

• Meat Offering
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Commentaries on Leviticus 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings