Leviticus 2:12
What does Leviticus 2:12 mean?
A plain-English look at Leviticus 2:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000As an oblation of first-fruits ye shall offer them unto Jehovah: but they shall not come up for a sweet savor on the altar.
KJV
King James Version · 1611As 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901As an oblation of first-fruits ye shall offer them unto Jehovah: but they shall not come up for a sweet savor on the altar.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949You may give them as an offering of first-fruits to the Lord, but they are not to go up as a sweet smell on the altar.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`An offering of first-<FI> fruits<Fi> --ye bring them near to Jehovah, but on the altar they go not up, for sweet fragrance.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752You shall offer only the firstfruits of them and gifts: but they shall not be put upon the altar, for a savour of sweetness.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890As to the offering of the first-fruits, ye shall present them to Jehovah; but they shall not be offered upon the altar for a sweet odour.
Context
v.11No meal-offering, which ye shall offer unto Jehovah, shall be made with leaven; for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, as an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.
v.12This passage
v.13And every oblation of thy meal-offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meal-offering: with all thine oblations thou shalt offer salt.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Revelation 14:4
These are they that were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they that follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were purchased from among men, to be the firstfruits unto God and unto the Lamb.
- Leviticus 7:13
With cakes of leavened bread he shall offer his oblation with the sacrifice of his peace-offerings for thanksgiving.
- Exodus 23:19
The first of the first-fruits of thy ground thou shalt bring into the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.
- Exodus 22:29
Thou shalt not delay to offer of thy harvest, and of the outflow of thy presses. The first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
- 2 Chronicles 31:5
And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel gave in abundance the first-fruits of grain, new wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.
- Numbers 15:20
Of the first of your dough ye shall offer up a cake for a heave-offering: as the heave-offering of the threshing-floor, so shall ye heave it.
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