Leviticus 2:3

Leviticus 2:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)The rest of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the food offerings presented to the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But the rest of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the Lord's food offerings.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The rest of the grain offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’. It is most holy of the offerings to the Lord made by fire.

Context of Leviticus 2:3

1“When anyone brings a grain offering to the LORD, his offering must consist of fine flour. He is to pour olive oil on it, put frankincense on it, 2and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. The priest shall take a handful of the flour and oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn this as a memorial portion on the altar, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. 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. 4Now if you bring an offering of grain baked in an oven, it must consist of fine flour, either unleavened cakes mixed with oil or unleavened wafers coated with oil. 5If your offering is a grain offering prepared on a griddle, it must be unleavened bread made of fine flour mixed with oil.

Leviticus 2:3 word by word

וְהַנּוֹתֶ֙רֶת֙ מִן־הַמִּנְחָ֔ה לְאַהֲרֹ֖ן וּלְבָנָ֑יו קֹ֥דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֖ים מֵאִשֵּׁ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

• The remainderיָתַרyâthar · to remainH3498
• ofמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• the grain offeringמִנְחָהminchâh · offeringH4503
• shall belong to Aaronאַהֲרֹן'ahărôn · AaronH175
• and his sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• it is a mostקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• of the food offeringsאִשֶּׁה'ishshâh · food offeringH801
• to the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Leviticus 2:3

• Leviticus 6:16Aaron and his sons are to eat the remainder. It must be eaten without leaven in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
• Leviticus 7:9Likewise, every grain offering that is baked in an oven or cooked in a pan or on a griddle belongs to the priest who presents it,
• Leviticus 10:12And Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering that remains from the food offerings to the LORD and eat it without leaven beside the altar, because it is most holy.
• Leviticus 21:22He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,
• Numbers 18:9A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons.
• 1 Samuel 2:28And out of all the tribes of Israel I selected your father to be My priest, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in My presence. I also gave to the house of your father all the food offerings of the Israelites.
• 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 29:37For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will become most holy; whatever touches the altar will be holy.

Commentaries on Leviticus 2:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3A thing most holy - literally, a holy of holies. All offerings were holy, including the portions of the peace-offerings which were eaten by the laity; but that was “most holy” of which every part was devoted either to the altar, or to the use of the priests. Such were the minchaahs, the showbread, the incense, and the flesh of the sin-offerings and trespass-offerings. Compare the similar distinction between places Exodus 26:33. The most holy food was…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The remainder of the grain offering: They usually reserved a part of the fire offerings for the priest as food (see 6:16–17). Exceptions included: the whole burnt offering, where the priest only received the hide (see 7:8), offerings given by the priest for himself (4:3–12; 6:19–23), or offerings made for the entire community (4:13–21). In these cases, they completely burned the offering. The grain offering provided the priests with bread for their diet…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his sons'--The circumstance of a portion of it being appropriated to the use of the priests distinguishes this from a burnt offering. They alone were to partake of it within the sacred precincts, as among "the most holy things."Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 2:3

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• Fire
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• Criticism
• Exodus, the Book of
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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