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King James Version (1611 Edition)

Leviticus 2:12

As for the oblation of the first fruits, yee shall offer them vnto the Lord, but they shall not be burnt on the Altar for a sweet sauour.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - First Fruits;   Scofield Reference Index - Leaven;   Thompson Chain Reference - First-Fruits;   Ownership, Divine;   Stewardship-Ownership;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Offerings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Bread;   Meats;   Offering;   Sacrifice;   Wheat;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Mediator, Mediation;   Easton Bible Dictionary - First-Fruits;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Honey;   Sacrifice;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Leaven;   Leviticus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Priests and Levites;   Propitiation;   Sacrifice and Offering;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Oil;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Fat;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Meat meats;   Meat-offering;   Smith Bible Dictionary - First-Fruits;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Tabernacle, the;   Worship, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Leviticus;   Sacrifice;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
As an offering of firstfruits you shall offer them to the LORD: but they shall not come up for a sweet savor on the altar.
King James Version
As 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.
Lexham English Bible
As an offering of the choicest portion, you may bring them to Yahweh, but they must not be offered on the altar as an appeasing fragrance.
New Century Version
You may bring yeast and honey to the Lord as an offering from the first harvest, but they must not be burned on the altar as a pleasing smell.
New English Translation
You can present them to the Lord as an offering of first fruit, but they must not go up to the altar for a soothing aroma.
Amplified Bible
'As an offering of first fruits you may offer them [leaven and honey] to the LORD, but they shall not go up [in smoke] on the altar as a sweet and soothing aroma.
New American Standard Bible
'As an offering of first fruits you shall bring them to the LORD, but they shall not ascend as a soothing aroma on the altar.
Geneva Bible (1587)
In the oblation of the first fruits ye shal offer them vnto the Lorde, but they shall not be burnt vpon the altar for a sweete sauour.
Legacy Standard Bible
As an offering of first fruits you shall bring them near to Yahweh, but they shall not ascend for a soothing aroma on the altar.
Contemporary English Version
You may offer either of them separately, when you present the first part of your harvest to me, but they must never be burned on the altar.
Complete Jewish Bible
As an offering of firstfruits you may bring these to Adonai , but they are not to be brought up onto the altar to make a fragrant aroma.
Darby Translation
As 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.
Easy-to-Read Version
You may bring yeast and honey to the Lord as an offering from the first harvest, but they must not be put on the altar to be burned as a sweet smell.
English Standard Version
As an offering of firstfruits you may bring them to the Lord , but they shall not be offered on the altar for a pleasing aroma.
George Lamsa Translation
As for the offerings of the first-fruits, you shall offer them to the LORD; but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.
Good News Translation
An offering of the first grain that you harvest each year shall be brought to the Lord , but it is not to be burned on the altar.
Christian Standard Bible®
You may present them to the Lord as an offering of firstfruits, but they are not to be offered on the altar as a pleasing aroma.
Literal Translation
As an offering of firstfruits, you shall bring them to Jehovah, but they shall not go up on the altar for a soothing fragrance.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But for the offerynge of the firstlinges shal ye offer the vnto the LORDE. Neuertheles they shal come vpon no altare for a swete sauoure.
American Standard Version
As an oblation of first-fruits ye shall offer them unto Jehovah: but they shall not come up for a sweet savor on the altar.
Bible in Basic English
You 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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
In the oblation of the first fruites ye shall offer them vnto the Lorde: but they shall not be burnt vpon the aulter for a sweete sauour.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
As an offering of first-fruits ye may bring them unto the LORD; but they shall not come up for a sweet savour on the altar.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Ye shall bring them in the way of fruits to the Lord, but they shall not be offered on the altar for a sweet-smelling savour to the Lord.
English Revised Version
As an oblation of firstfruits ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not come up for a sweet savour on the altar.
Berean Standard Bible
You may bring them to the LORD as an offering of firstfruits, but they are not to be offered on the altar as a pleasing aroma.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Ye schulen offre oneli the firste fruytis of tho, and yiftis; sotheli tho schulen not be put on the auter, in to odour of swetnesse.
Young's Literal Translation
`An offering of first-[fruits] -- ye bring them near to Jehovah, but on the altar they go not up, for sweet fragrance.
Update Bible Version
As an oblation of first [fruits] you shall offer them to Yahweh: but they shall not come up for a sweet savor on the altar.
Webster's Bible Translation
As for the oblation of the first-fruits, ye shall offer them to the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savor.
World English Bible
As an offering of firstfruits you shall offer them to Yahweh: but they shall not come up for a sweet savor on the altar.
New King James Version
As for the offering of the firstfruits, you shall offer them to the LORD, but they shall not be burned on the altar for a sweet aroma.
New Living Translation
You may add yeast and honey to an offering of the first crops of your harvest, but these must never be offered on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the Lord .
New Life Bible
You may bring them to the Lord as a gift of first-fruits, but not for a pleasing smell upon the altar.
New Revised Standard
You may bring them to the Lord as an offering of choice products, but they shall not be offered on the altar for a pleasing odor.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
As for an oblation of first-fruits, ye shall bring them near unto Yahweh, - but unto the altar, they shall not take them up, as a satisfying odour.
Douay-Rheims Bible
You shall offer only the firstfruits of them and gifts: but they shall not be put upon the altar, for a savour of sweetness.
Revised Standard Version
As an offering of first fruits you may bring them to the LORD, but they shall not be offered on the altar for a pleasing odor.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'As an offering of first fruits you shall bring them to the LORD, but they shall not ascend for a soothing aroma on the altar.

Contextual Overview

11 No meat offering, which ye shall bring vnto the Lord, shall be made with leauen: For ye shall burne no leauen, nor any hony, in any offering of the Lord made by fire. 12 As for the oblation of the first fruits, yee shall offer them vnto the Lord, but they shall not be burnt on the Altar for a sweet sauour. 13 And euery oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the Couenant of thy God to bee lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt. 14 And if thou offer a meat offering of thy first fruits vnto the Lord, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy first fruits, greene eares of corne dried by the fire, euen corne beaten out of full eares. 15 And thou shalt put oyle vpon it, and lay frankincense theron; it is a meat offering. 16 And the Priest shall burne the memoriall of it, part of the beaten corne thereof, and part of the oyle thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire vnto the Lord.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the oblation: Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:11, Genesis 23:17, Exodus 22:29, Exodus 23:10, Exodus 23:11, Exodus 23:19, Numbers 15:20, Deuteronomy 26:10, 2 Chronicles 31:5, 1 Corinthians 15:20, Revelation 14:4

be burnt: Heb. ascend

Reciprocal: Leviticus 2:16 - General Leviticus 23:10 - and shall Deuteronomy 26:2 - That thou shalt

Cross-References

Exodus 28:20
And the fourth row, a Berill, and an Onix, and a Iasper: they shalbe set in gold in their inclosings.
Exodus 39:13
And the fourth row, a Berill, an Onix and a Iasper: they were enclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.
Numbers 11:7
And the Manna was as Coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of Bdelium:
Job 28:16
It cannot be valued with the golde of Ophir, with the precious Onix, or the Saphire.
Ezekiel 28:13
Thou hast beene in Eden the garden of God; euery precious stone was thy couering, the Sardius, Topaze, and the Diamond, the Beril, the Onyx, and the Iasper, the Saphir, the Emeraude, and the Carbuncle and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee, in the day that thou wast created.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the Lord,.... Or "in" or "with the oblation", as some render it; that is, along with the oblation of the firstfruits leaven and honey might be offered: the Arabic version is very express, "but for a sacrifice of firstfruits ye" shall offer both to God; as they might be, as before observed; so the Targum of Jonathan,

"for the leavened bread of the firstfruits shall be offered, and dates in the time of the firstfruits; the fruits with their honey shall be offered, and the priest shall eat them:''

but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour; which they could not make, and besides were to be the portion of the priests.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As for the oblation of the firstfruits - Rather, As an oblation of firstfruits. The words refer to the leaven and honey mentioned in Leviticus 2:11 which might be offered among the firstfruits and tithes (Deuteronomy 26:2, Deuteronomy 26:12; compare 2 Chronicles 31:5). Honey, being used to produce fermentation, and leaven (or, a small piece of fermented dough) were excluded because fermentation was an apt symbol of the working of corruption in the human heart.


 
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