20 Sep 2025 – jeffersonvann

Leviticus 2

Leviticus 2:1 “When any throat[1] brings a tribute offering[2] as an offering to Yahveh, his offering will be of fine flour. He will pour oil over it and include frankincense with it

Leviticus 2:2 and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. And he will take from it a handful of the fine flour and oil, with all of its frankincense, and the priest will burn this as its reminiscence[3] on the altar, a fire offering to Yahveh with a pacifying aroma.

Leviticus 2:3 But the rest of the tribute offering will be for Aaron and his sons; that will be a most sacred[4] part of Yahveh’s fire offerings.

Leviticus 2:4 “When you bring a tribute offering baked in the oven as an offering, it will be unleavened rolls of fine flour mixed with oil or unleavened crackers coated with oil.

Leviticus 2:5 And if your offering is a tribute offering baked with a skillet, it will be of fine flour unleavened, mixed with oil.

Leviticus 2:6 You will break it in pieces and pour oil over it; it is a tribute offering.

Leviticus 2:7 And if your offering is a tribute offering cooked in a pan, it will be made of fine flour with oil.

Leviticus 2:8 And you will bring the tribute offering that is made of these ingredients to Yahveh, and when it is presented to the priest, he will bring it to the altar.

Leviticus 2:9 And the priest will take from the tribute offering its reminiscence and burn this on the altar, a fire offering to Yahveh with a pacifying aroma.

Leviticus 2:10 But the rest of the tribute offering will be for Aaron and his sons; that will be a most sacred part of Yahveh’s fire offerings.

Leviticus 2:11 No tribute offering that you bring to Yahveh will be made with yeast, because you will burn no yeast nor any honey as a fire offering to Yahveh.

Leviticus 2:12 You may bring them to Yahveh as a firstfruits[5] offering, but they cannot serve as a pacifying aroma offering on the altar.

Leviticus 2:13 You will season all your tribute offerings with salt. You will not let the salt of the covenant with your God be missing from your tribute offering; accompanying all your offerings you will offer salt.

Leviticus 2:14 “If you offer a tribute offering of firstfruits to Yahveh, you will offer for the tribute offering of your firstfruits fresh ears, roasted by fire, crushed new grain.

Leviticus 2:15 And you will put oil over it and include frankincense with it; it is a tribute offering.

Leviticus 2:16 And the priest will burn as its reminiscence some of the crushed grain and some of the oil with all of its frankincense; it is a fire offering to Yahveh.

[1] נֶפֶשׁ = throat. Leviticus 2:1; 4:2, 27; 5:1, 2, 4, 15, 17; 6:2; 7:18, 20, 21, 25, 27; 11:10, 43, 44; 16:29, 31; 17:10, 11, 12, 14, 15; 18:29; 19:8, 28; 20:6, 25; 21:1, 11; 22:3, 4, 6, 11; 23:27, 29, 30, 32; 24:17, 18; 26:11, 15, 16, 30, 43; 27:2.

[2] מִנְחָה = tribute offering. Leviticus 2:1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15; 5:13; 6:14, 15, 20, 21, 23; 7:9, 10, 37; 9:4, 17; 10:12; 14:10, 20, 21, 31; 23:13, 16, 18, 37.

[3] אַזְכָּרָה= reminiscence. Leviticus 2:2, 9, 16; 5:12; 6:15; 24:7.

[4] קֹדֶשׁ = sacred. Leviticus 2:3, 10; 4:6; 5:15, 16; 6:17, 25, 29, 30; 7:1, 6; 8:9; 10:4, 10, 12, 17, 18; 12:4; 14:13; 16:2, 3, 4, 16, 17, 20, 23, 27, 32, 33; 19:8, 24; 20:3, 7; 21:6, 22; 22:2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 14, 15, 16, 32; 23:2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 20, 21, 24, 27, 35, 36, 37; 24:9; 25:12; 27:3, 9, 10, 14, 21, 23, 25, 28, 30, 32, 33.

[5]רֵאשִׁית = firstfruits. Leviticus 2:12; 23:10.

Leviticus 2 quotes:

“Leviticus 2:1 also mentions “oil” and “frankincense.” Oil in Scripture is symbolic of the anointing of the Holy Spirit. When the priest took the “fine flour” (the perfection of Christ) and fashioned it into a “body” of bread, he then anointed it with oil. We see a symbolic representation of the divine nature being formed into a body of flesh and then being anointed and empowered to fulfill a particular purpose (John 1:1-34). The purpose illustrated in the grain offering was that Jesus would live a perfect life of obedience. We are not only justified by His life, He also baptizes us and anoints us with His very presence so we might manifest that life as well.”

Stringer, Doug. Born to Die : So We May Live. Bridge-Logos, 2006. p. 45.

“In contrast, salt did not pollute and was to be added to all flour or bread offerings (Leviticus 2:13). Salt was a symbol of God’s covenant with his people. For us today, reading these passages with the whole Bible before us, that point must surely be linked with Jesus’ instruction to be ‘the salt of the earth’ (Matthew 5:13).”

Lyall, Francis. The I Ams of Jesus. Mentor, 1996. p. 44.

“While the burnt offering represented the importance of total personal dedication to the Lord, the grain offering symbolized that all the fruits of man’s labors too are to be consecrated to the Lord.”

Lenz, Mark J. Leviticus. Northwestern Pub. House, 1988. p. 24.