Leviticus
Chapter 2
God tells the people how to bring a grain offering. They bring fine flour with oil and frankincense, a sweet-smelling tree sap. The priest burns a small part on the altar, and the rest is food for Aaron and his sons. The grain can be raw flour, baked bread, or roasted new grain, but never with yeast or honey, and always with salt.
Plain reading written for kids. Short sentences, everyday words, one idea at a time.
And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:
1When someone brings a grain gift to the LORD, it must be fine flour. He pours olive oil on it. He puts frankincense on it too. Frankincense is dried tree sap that smells sweet when burned.
The KJV calls this a "meat offering," but no meat is in it. In 1611 "meat" meant food of any kind. This gift is made of grain.
2And he shall bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD:
2He brings it to Aaron's sons, who are the priests. Priests are the men who serve God at the altar. The priest scoops up a handful of the flour and oil. He takes all the frankincense too. He burns that handful on the altar as a reminder part. Its smoke smells good to the LORD.
3And 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.
3The rest of the grain gift belongs to Aaron and his sons. It is a very holy part of the gifts burned for the LORD.
4And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.
4If you bring a grain gift baked in an oven, use fine flour. Make flat cakes mixed with oil, with no yeast. Or make thin flat wafers brushed with oil.
5And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.
5If your grain gift is cooked on a flat pan, use fine flour mixed with oil. It must have no yeast in it.
6Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat offering.
6Break it into pieces and pour oil on it. That is a grain gift.
7And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.
7If your grain gift is cooked in a deep pan, make it of fine flour with oil.
8And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things unto the LORD: and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall bring it unto the altar.
8Bring to the LORD the grain gift made in any of these ways. Hand it to the priest. He will carry it to the altar.
9And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
9The priest takes out the reminder part of the grain gift. He burns it on the altar. Its smoke smells good to the LORD.
10And that which is left 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.
10What is left of the grain gift belongs to Aaron and his sons. It is a very holy part of the gifts burned for the LORD.
11No 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.
11No grain gift you bring to the LORD may have yeast in it. Never burn yeast or honey in a gift to the LORD.
12As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.
12You may bring yeast and honey to the LORD as a first-crop gift. But do not burn them on the altar.
13And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.
13Put salt on every grain gift you bring. Never leave out the salt of God's promise. Add salt to all your gifts.
"The salt of the covenant" means salt that stands for God's promise to his people. A covenant is a promise between two sides.
14And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears.
14You may bring a grain gift from your first ripe crop. Use fresh grain roasted over the fire. Crush the grain out of the full heads.
The KJV says "corn." In old English "corn" meant grain of any kind, like wheat or barley. It does not mean corn on the cob.
15And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meat offering.
15Put oil on it and lay frankincense on top. That is a grain gift.
16And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
16The priest burns the reminder part. He burns some crushed grain and some oil, with all the frankincense. It is a gift burned for the LORD.
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