Leviticus 2:9
Context2:9 Then the priest must take up 1 from the grain offering its memorial portion and offer it up in smoke on the altar – it is 2 a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord.
Leviticus 2:12
Context2:12 You can present them to the Lord as an offering of first fruit, 3 but they must not go up to the altar for a soothing aroma.
Leviticus 3:16
Context3:16 Then the priest must offer them up in smoke on the altar as a food gift for a soothing aroma – all the fat belongs to the Lord.


[2:9] 1 tn The Hebrew verb הֵרִים (herim, “to take up”; cf. NAB “lift”) is commonly used for setting aside portions of an offering (see, e.g., Lev 4:8-10 and R. E. Averbeck, NIDOTTE 4:335-36). A number of English versions employ the more normal English idiom “take out” here (e.g., NIV, NCV); cf. NRSV “remove.”
[2:9] 2 tn The words “it is” (הוּא, hu’) both here and in vv. 10 and 16 are not in the MT, but are assumed. (cf. vv. 2b and 3b and the notes there).
[2:12] 3 sn The “first fruit” referred to here was given to the priests as a prebend for their service to the