Leviticus 13:24

A Burn on the Skin

13:24 “When a body has a burn on its skin ¹  and the raw area of the burn becomes a reddish white or white bright spot,

Leviticus 2:15

2:15 And you must put olive oil on it and set frankincense on it – it is a grain offering.

Leviticus 24:7

24:7 You must put pure frankincense ²  on each row, ³  and it will become a memorial portion ⁴  for the bread, a gift ⁵  to the Lord.

[13:24]  ¹ tn Heb “Or a body, if there is in its skin a burn of fire.”

[24:7]  ² tn This is not just any “incense” (קְטֹרֶת, qÿtoret; R. E. Averbeck, NIDOTTE 3:913-16), but specifically “frankincense” (לְבֹנָה, lÿvonah; R. E. Averbeck, NIDOTTE 2:756-57).

[24:7]  ³ tn Heb “on [עַל, ’al] the row,” probably used distributively, “on each row” (J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 395-96). Perhaps the frankincense was placed “with” or “along side of” each row, not actually on the bread itself, and was actually burned as incense to the Lord (cf. NIV “Along [Alongside CEV] each row”; NRSV “with each row”; NLT “near each row”; B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 165). This particular preposition can have such a meaning.

[24:7]  ⁴ sn The “memorial portion” (אַזְכָרָה, ’azkharah) was normally the part of the grain offering that was burnt on the altar (see Lev 2:2 and the notes there), as opposed to the remainder, which was normally consumed by the priests (Lev 2:3; see the full regulations in Lev 6:14-23 [6:7-16 HT]).

[24:7]  ⁵ sn See the note on Lev 1:9 regarding the term “gift.”