Leviticus 2:12 Parallel Translations

You may bring them to the LORD as offerings of your first products. But they must never be placed on the altar to make a soothing aroma.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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 savor.

ASV:

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.

BBE:

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.

DBY:

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.

ERV:

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.

JPS:

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.

WBS:

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.

WEB:

As an offering of firstfruits you shall offer them to Yahweh: but they shall not ascend for a pleasant aroma on the altar.

YLT:

An offering of first -fruits -- ye bring them near to Jehovah, but on the altar they go not up, for sweet fragrance.

Leviticus 2:12 Cross References

XREF:

Exodus 34:22 "You shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks, that is, the first fruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.

Leviticus 7:13 'With the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving, he shall present his offering with cakes of leavened bread.

Leviticus 23:10 "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you enter the land which I am going to give to you and reap its harvest, then you shall bring in the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest.

Leviticus 23:17 You shall bring in from your dwelling places two loaves of bread for a wave offering, made of two-tenths of an ephah; they shall be of a fine flour, baked with leaven as first fruits to the LORD. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

2:12 As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer {f} them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt {g} on the altar for a sweet savour.
(f) That is, fruits which were sweet as honey, ye may offer.
(g) But reserved for the priests.

WES:

2:12 Ye may offer them - Or either of them, leaven or honey. They shall not be burnt - But reserved for the priests.

MHC:

2:12-16 Salt is required in all the offerings. God hereby intimates to them that their sacrifices, in themselves, were unsavoury. All religious services must be seasoned with grace. Christianity is the salt of the earth. Directions are given about offering their first-fruits at harvest. If a man, with a thankful sense of God's goodness in giving him a plentiful crop, was disposed to present an offering to God, let him bring the first ripe and full ears. Whatever was brought to God must be the best in its kind, though it were but green ears of corn. Oil and frankincense must be put upon it. Wisdom and humility soften and sweeten the spirits and services of young people, and their green ears of corn shall be acceptable. God takes delight in the first ripe fruits of the Spirit, and the expressions of early piety and devotion. Holy love to God is the fire by which all our offerings must be made. The frankincense denotes the mediation and intercession of Christ, by which our services are accepted. Blessed be God that we have the substance, of which these observances were but shadows. There is that excellency in Christ, and in his work as Mediator, which no types and shadows can fully represent. And our dependence thereon must be so entire, that we must never lose sight of it in any thing we do, if we would be accepted of God.

CONC:

Altar Aroma Ascend Bring Burnt Firstfruits First-fruits First-'fruits Fragrance Fruits Oblation Odor Odour Offer Offered Offering Pleasant Pleasing Present Savor Savour Smell Soothing Sweet

Altar Aroma Ascend Burnt First Firstfruits First-Fruits Fragrance Fruits Oblation Odor Odour Offer Offered Offering Pleasant Pleasing Present Savor Savour Smell Soothing Sweet

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