Leviticus 2:15

Leviticus 2:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meat offering.
• New International Version (NIV)Put oil and incense on it; it is a grain offering.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And you shall put oil on it and lay frankincense on it; it is a grain offering.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And you shall put oil on it, and lay frankincense on it. It is a grain offering.

Context of Leviticus 2:15

13A person must put salt in all his gifts of grain. Salt is a mark of God's promise to Israel's people. 14A person may want to give the first part of his harvest to the Lord. He must break the grains into pieces and he must cook them in a fire. They are a gift, so he must put oil and incense on them. 16The priest will burn a part of the grain with all the incense. It is a burnt offering to the Lord.

Leviticus 2:15 word by word

וְנָתַתָּ֤ עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ שֶׁ֔מֶן וְשַׂמְתָּ֥ עָלֶ֖יהָ לְבֹנָ֑ה מִנְחָ֖ה הִֽוא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And thou shalt putנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• oilשֶׁ֫מֶןshemen · oilH8081
• upon it, and layשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• frankincenseלְבֹנָהlebônâh lebônâh · frankincenseH3828
• a meat offeringמִנְחָהminchâh · offeringH4503

Cross-references for Leviticus 2:15

• Leviticus 2:1A person may want to give grain as a gift to the Lord. He must make it into flour. He must put oil and incense on the flour.

Commentaries on Leviticus 2:15

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-16Verses 12-16 Salt is required in all the offerings. God hereby intimates to them that their sacrifices, in themselves, were unsavoury. All religious services must be seasoned with grace. Christianity is the salt of the earth. Directions are given about offering their first-fruits at harvest. If a man, with a thankful sense of God's goodness in giving him a plentiful crop, was disposed to present an offering to God, let him bring the first ripe and full…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-16The grain offering (Hebrew minkhah, meaning “gift” or “present”) allowed people to worship the Lord by giving a gift. It acknowledged the Lord's authority over the worshiper's life. People gave the grain offering with each whole burnt offering (Numbers 28:3–6, 12–13), sin offering (Numbers 6:14–15), and peace offering (Leviticus 9:4; Numbers 6:17). The grain offering provided bread for the priest's daily needs, as priests did not have farmland.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-161. when any will offer a meat offering--or gift--distinguishing a bloodless from a bloody sacrifice. The word "meat," however, is improper, as its meaning as now used is different from that attached at the date of our English translation. It was then applied not to "flesh," but "food," generally, and here it is applied to the flour of wheat. The meat offerings were intended as a thankful acknowledgment for the bounty of Providence; and hence, although…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 2:15

• First Fruits
• Frankincense

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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