Leviticus 2:11

Nova Vulgata

Omnis oblatio similae, quam offeretis Domino, absque fermento fiet, quia nihil fermenti ac mellis adolebitis incensum Domino.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
In diebus illis postquam creverat Moyses, egressus est ad fratres suos : viditque afflictionem eorum, et virum �gyptium percutientem quemdam de Hebr�is fratribus suis.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Omnis oblatio qu� offeretur Domino, absque fermento fiet, nec quidquam fermenti ac mellis adolebitur in sacrificio Domino.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

no leaven: Leviticus 6:17, Exodus 12:19, Exodus 12:20, Matthew 16:6, Matthew 16:11, Matthew 16:12, Mark 8:15, Luke 12:1, 1 Corinthians 5:6-8, Galatians 5:9

honey: Proverbs 24:13, Proverbs 25:16, Proverbs 25:27, Luke 21:34, Acts 14:22, 1 Peter 4:2

Reciprocal: Exodus 23:18 - blood Malachi 1:7 - polluted

Gill's Notes on the Bible

No meat offering which ye shall bring unto the Lord shall be made with leaven,.... It might be used in peace offerings, and in the wave loaves, Leviticus 7:13 but not in meat offerings; not only in the handful that was burnt, but in the rest that was eaten by Aaron and his sons; for so is the rule p,

"all meat offerings are kneaded in hot water, and are kept that they might not be leavened; and if what is left of them be leavened, a negative precept is transgressed, Leviticus 2:11.''

It denoted in Christ, the antitype of the meat offering, freedom from hypocrisy and all false doctrines, which were the leaven of the Scribes and Pharisees, Luke 12:1 and in his people that feed upon him by faith, that they should be clear of malice and wickedness, and of communion with profane and scandalous persons, 1 Corinthians 5:6 so the Jews q say, the corruption of nature is like to leaven, and therefore forbid:

for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the Lord made by fire; as leaven was used in some offerings, so honey was brought with the first fruits, 2 Chronicles 31:5 but neither of them might be used in offerings made by fire; they are forbidden to be burnt: the reason why they were forbidden, some think is, because they were used by the Heathens in their sacrifices, so Maimonides r, whose customs were not to be followed; and certain it is that honey was used in Heathen sacrifices: Homer speaks of honey as the sweet food of the gods s, and what they desire; and so Pausanias t relates of the Eleans, that, according to an ancient custom, they used to offer on the altar frankincense, and wheat mixed with honey: Porphyry u observes, that the ancient sacrifices with most were sober, the libations of water; after these, libations of honey, ready prepared by the bees, the first of moist fruits, next libations of oil, and, last of all, libations of wine; the Egyptians used honey in their sacrifices w; or the reason is, because it was much of the same fermenting nature with leaven, as Aben Ezra, and when burnt gave an ill smell, which was not proper in offerings made by tire, of a sweet savour to the Lord; or rather because a symbol of sin and sinful pleasures. Baal Hatturim on the place says, the corruption of nature is sweet to a man as honey, and intimates that that is the reason of its prohibition: it denotes unto us that such as would feed by faith on Christ ought to relinquish sinful lusts and pleasures; and that those that will live godly in Christ Jesus must not expect their sweets, but bitters, even afflictions, reproaches, and persecutions, for Christ's sake, in this life.

p Misn. Menachot, c. 5. sect. 2. q Baal Hatturim in loc. r Moreh Nevochim, par. 3. c. 46, p. 481. s ----- μελι χλωρον, &c. Hymn. in Mercur. prope finem.

χρηστον μελιτωμα, &c. Batrachomyo. t Eliac. 1. sive l. 5. p. 316. u De Abstinentia, l. 2. c. 20, 21. w Herodot. Euterpe, sive l. 2. c. 40.

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Leviticus 2:11. No meat-offering - shall be made with leaven — See the reason of this prohibition in the note on Exodus 12:8. Exodus 12:8.

Nor any honey — Because it was apt to produce acidity, as some think, when wrought up with flour paste; or rather because it was apt to gripe and prove purgative. On this latter account the College of Physicians have totally left it out of all medicinal preparations. This effect which it has in most constitutions was a sufficient reason why it should be prohibited here, as a principal part of all these offerings was used by the priests as a part of their ordinary diet; and these offerings, being those of the poorer sort, were in greater abundance than most others. On this account, the griping, and purgative quality of the honey must render it extremely improper. As leaven was forbidden because producing fermentation, it was considered a species of corruption, and was therefore used to signify hypocrisy, malice, c., which corrupt the soul it is possible that honey might have had a moral reference, also, and have signified, as St. Jerome thought, carnal pleasures and sensual gratifications. Some suppose that the honey mentioned here was a sort of saccharine matter extracted from dates. Leaven and honey might be offered with the first-fruits, as we learn from the next verse; but they were forbidden to be burnt on the altar,