Next he presented the grain offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar in addition to the morning’s burnt offering.
Parallel translations
- WEB He presented the meal offering, and filled his hand from there, and burned it upon the altar, besides the burnt offering of the morning.
- KJV And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, and burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning.
- NKJV Then he brought the grain offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar, besides the burnt sacrifice of the morning.
- NASB Next he presented the grain offering, and filled his hand with some of it and offered it up in smoke on the altar, besides the burnt offering of the morning.
- NLT He also presented the grain offering, burning a handful of the flour mixture on the altar, in addition to the regular burnt offering for the morning.
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Quick answer
Aaron offers the grain offering alongside the regular morning burnt offering. Thanksgiving for God's provision accompanies atonement and consecration.
Overview
The meal (grain) offering acknowledges God as the giver of daily bread and dedicates the fruit of human labor to him. Offered with the standing 'burnt offering of the morning,' it shows continual, ordered devotion. It anticipates lives of grateful, ongoing worship offered through Christ, the true bread from heaven.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Lev 2:1–2“When anyone brings a grain offering to the LORD, his offering must consist of fine flour. He is to pour olive oil on it, put frankincense on it,
- Lev 9:1On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel.
- Gal 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
- Exod 29:38–42This is what you are to offer regularly on the altar, each day: two lambs that are a year old.
- Lev 3:5Then Aaron’s sons are to burn it on the altar atop the burnt offering that is on the burning wood, as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
- John 6:53So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.
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Every sacrifice, every priest, and every day of atonement points beyond itself to the one perfect offering and the great High Priest who, by his own blood, makes the unclean holy once for all.
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