Leviticus 2

1 The meat offering of flour with oil and incense,

4 either baked in the oven,

5 or on a plate,

7 or in a frying-pan.

12 The first fruits not to be burnt on the altar.

13 Salt to be used with every offering.

14 The offering of first fruits in the ear.

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grain offering ...... offering <07133 04503> [meat offering.]

{Minchah,} from the Arabic {manacha,} to give, especially as a reciprocal gift, a gift, oblation, or eucharistical or gratitude offering, for the bounties of providence displayed in the fruits of the earth. It is termed a meat offering by our translators, because the term meat in their time was the general name for food.

choice wheat flour <05560> [fine flour.]

pour olive oil <08081 03332> [pour oil.]

frankincense <03828> [frankincense.]

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memorial portion <0234> [the memorial.]

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remainder <03498> [the remnant.]

most holy <06944> [most holy.]

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offering of grain <04503> [meat offering.]

oven <08574> [the oven.]

{Tannur}, probably such an oven as that described by D'Arvieux, as used by the Arabs. He states that they make a fire in a great stone pitcher, and when heated, mix meal and water, which they apply with the hollow of their hands to the outside, and this soft paste spreading itself upon it, is baked in an instant, and the bread comes of as thin as our wafers.

wafers <07550> [wafers.]

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griddle <04227> [in a pan. or, on a flat plate, or slice.]

{Machavath,} a flat iron plate, such as the Arabs still use to bake their cakes on, and which is called a griddle in some of our counties.

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pan <04802> [the frying-pan.]

{Marchesheth}, a shallow earthen vessel, like a frying pan, which the Arabs call a {tajen.}

choice wheat flour <05560> [of fine.]

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memorial <0234> [a memorial.]

gift <0801> [an offering.]

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yeast <07603> [no leaven.]

honey <01706> [honey.]

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offering <07133> [the oblation.]

up <05927> [be burnt. Heb. ascend.]

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salt ....... salt ......................... salt <04417> [with salt.]

salt ....... salt ......................... salt <04417> [the salt.]

offerings <07133> [with all thine.]

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grain offering ............. grain offering <04503> [a meat offering.]

These first fruits seem to have been the voluntary oblation brought by individuals, of the finest ears of corn out of the field, before the harvest was ripe.

crushed bits <01643> [corn beaten.]

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