And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, and burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning.
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.
- BSB 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.
- 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 2:1–2And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:
- Lev 9:1And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel;
- Gal 2:20I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
- Exod 29:38–42Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually.
- Lev 3:5And Aaron’s sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
- John 6:53Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye 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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