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 then shall take up from the grain offering its memorial portion, and shall offer it up in smoke on the altar as an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the Lord. 10The remainder of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons: a thing most holy of the offerings to the Lord by fire. ‘No grain offering, which you bring to the Lord, shall be made with leaven, for you shall not offer up in smoke any leaven or any honey as an offering by fire to the Lord. 12As an offering of first fruits you shall bring them to the Lord, but they shall not ascend for a soothing aroma on the altar. 13Every grain offering of yours, moreover, you shall season with salt, so that the salt of the covenant of your God shall not be lacking from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt.

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
• whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• you bringקָרַבqârab · to present: bringH7126
• to the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• shall be madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• with leavenחָמֵץchâmêts · leavenH2557
• for you shall not offerקָטַרqâţar · to offer: burnH6999
• up in smokeקָטַרqâţar · to offer: burnH6999
• leavenשְׂאֹרώe'ôr · leavenH7603
• honeyדְּבַשׁdebash · honeyH1706
• offeringאִשֶּׁה'ishshâh · food offeringH801

Cross-references for Leviticus 2:11

• Leviticus 6:17It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as their share from My offerings by fire; it is most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering.
• Exodus 12:19Seven days there shall be no leaven found in your houses; for whoever eats what is leavened, that person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is an alien or a native of the land.
• Matthew 16:6And Jesus said to them, “Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
• Mark 8:15And He was giving orders to them, saying, “Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”
• Luke 12:1Under these circumstances, after so many thousands of people had gathered together that they were stepping on one another, He began saying to His disciples first of all, “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 leavens the whole lump of dough?
• Galatians 5:9A little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough.
• Proverbs 24:13My son, eat honey, for it is good, Yes, the honey from the comb is sweet to your taste;
• Proverbs 25:16Have you found honey? Eat only what you need, That you not have it in excess and vomit it.
• Luke 21:34“Be on guard, so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap;
• Acts 14:22strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying, “Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.”
• 1 Peter 4:2so as to live the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of men, 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