grain offering, meal offering

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Definition

A “meal offering” or “grain offering” was a sacrifice to God in the form of grain or bread made out of grain flour.

  • The term “meal” refers to grain that has been ground up into flour.
  • The flour was mixed with water or oil to make a flat bread. Sometimes oil was spread on top of the bread.
  • This kind of offering was usually offered together with a burnt offering.

(See also: burnt offering, grain, sacrifice)

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