Leviticus 2 · Verse 14

Leviticus 2:14

And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the Lord, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears.
Leviticus 2:14, King James Version

Leviticus 2:14 in other translations

BSBIf you bring a grain offering of firstfruits to the LORD, you shall offer crushed heads of new grain roasted on the fire.
WEB“‘If you offer a meal offering of first fruits to the LORD, you shall offer for the meal offering of your first fruits fresh heads of grain parched with fire and crushed.
ASVAnd if thou offer a meal-offering of first-fruits unto Jehovah, thou shalt offer for the meal-offering of thy first-fruits grain in the ear parched with fire, bruised grain of the fresh ear.
YLT‘And if thou bring near a present of first-ripe fruits to Jehovah, --of green ears, roasted with fire, beaten out corn of a fruitful field thou dost bring near the present of thy first-ripe fruits,
DARBYAnd if thou present an oblation of thy first-fruits to Jehovah, thou shalt present as the oblation of thy first-fruits green ears of corn roasted in fire, corn beaten out of full ears.
BBEAnd if you give a meal offering of first-fruits to the Lord, give, as your offering of first-fruits, new grain, made dry with fire, crushed new grain.
WebsterAnd if thou shalt offer a meat-offering of thy first-fruits to the LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat-offering of thy first-fruits, green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears.

What does Leviticus 2:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. a meat offering of thy first-fruits--From the mention of "green ears," this seems to have been a voluntary offering before the harvest--the ears being prepared in the favorite way of Eastern people, by parching them at the fire, and then beating them out for use. It was designed to be an early tribute of pious thankfulness for the earth's increase, and it was offered according to the usual directions.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 Green ears of corn dried by the fire - Green or half-ripe ears of wheat parched with fire is a species of food in use among the poor people of Palestine and Egypt to the present day. As God is represented as keeping a table among his people, (for the tabernacle was his house, where he had the golden table, shewbread, etc)., so he represents himself as partaking with them of all the aliments that were in use, and even sitting down with the poor to a repast on parched corn! We have already seen that these green ears were presented as a sort of eucharistical offering for the blessings of seed time, and the prospect of a plentiful harvest. See Clarke's note on Lev 2:1; several other examples might be added here, but they are not necessary. The command to offer salt with every oblation, and which was punctually observed by the Jews, will afford the pious reader some profitable reflections. It is well known that salt has two grand properties. 1. It seasons and renders palatable the principal ailments used for the support of life. 2. It prevents putrefaction and decay. The covenant of God, that is, his agreement with his people, is called a covenant of salt, to denote as we have seen above, its stable undecaying nature, as well as to point out its importance and utility in the preservation of the life of the soul. The grace of God by Christ Jesus is represented under the emblem of salt, (see Mar 9:49; Eph 4:29; Col 4:6), because of its relishing, nourishing, and preserving quality. Without it no offering, no sacrifice, no religious service, no work even of charity and mercy, can be acceptable in the sight of God. In all things we must come unto the Father Through Him. And from none of our sacrifices or services must this salt of the covenant of our God be lacking.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 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…

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Leviticus 2:14 in the original Hebrew

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וְאִם\־ve.'im-and ifH518
תַּקְרִ֛יבtak.Rivyou will presentH7126
מִנְחַ֥תmin.Chata grain offering ofH4503
בִּכּוּרִ֖יםbi.ku.Rimfirst-fruitsH1061
לַיהוָ֑הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068
אָבִ֞יב'a.Vivyoung barley ear[s]H24
קָל֤וּיka.LuiroastedH7033
בָּאֵשׁ֙ba.'Eshin the fireH784
גֶּ֣רֶשׂGe.resgroats ofH1643
כַּרְמֶ֔לkar.Melnew cornH3759
תַּקְרִ֕יבtak.Rivyou will presentH7126
אֵ֖ת'et<obj.>H853
מִנְחַ֥תmin.Chat[the] grain offering ofH4503
בִּכּוּרֶֽיךָ\׃bi.ku.Rei.khafirst-fruits yourH1061

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Cross references for Leviticus 2:14

  • Leviticus 23:10

    Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:

  • Proverbs 3:9-10

    Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

  • Numbers 28:2

    Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season.

  • Revelation 14:4

    These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.

  • Isaiah 53:2-10

    For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. …

  • 1 Corinthians 15:20

    But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

  • Malachi 1:11

    For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.

  • 2 Kings 4:42

    And there came a man from Baal–shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.

  • Deuteronomy 26:2

    That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there.

  • Leviticus 22:29

    And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the Lord, offer it at your own will.

  • Leviticus 23:14-17

    And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the Lord. Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the Lord.

  • Leviticus 23:20

    And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the Lord, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the Lord for the priest.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a meat offering.These first fruits seem to have been the voluntary oblation brought by individuals, of the finest ears of corn out of the field, before the harvest was ripe.
22:29; 23:10,14-17,20; Ge 4:3; Nu 28:2; De 26:2; Pr 3:9,10
Isa 53:2-10; Mal 1:11; 1Co 15:20; Re 14:4
corn beaten.
2Ki 4:42

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Context

  • Leviticus 2:13

    And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.

  • Leviticus 2:14

    And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the Lord, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears.

  • Leviticus 2:15

    And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meat offering.

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Leviticus 2:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y si ofrecieres á Jehová presente de primicias, tostarás al fuego las espigas verdes, y el grano desmenuzado ofrecerás por ofrenda de tus primicias.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et si tu présentes à l’ Éternel une offrande de gâteau des premiers fruits, tu présenteras, pour l’offrande de gâteau de tes premiers fruits, des épis nouveaux rôtis au feu, les grains broyés d’épis grenus;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und wenn du ein Speisopfer von den ersten Früchten dem Jehova darbringen willst, so sollst du Ähren, am Feuer geröstet, Schrot von Gartenkorn, darbringen als Speisopfer von deinen ersten Früchten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Si autem obtuleris munus primarum frugum tuarum Domino de spicis adhuc virentibus, torrebis igni, et confringes in morem farris, et sic offeres primitias tuas Domino,