Leviticus 2 · Verse 6

Leviticus 2:6

Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat offering.
Leviticus 2:6, King James Version

Leviticus 2:6 in other translations

BSBCrumble it and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering.
WEBYou shall cut it in pieces, and pour oil on it. It is a meal offering.
ASVThou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meal-offering.
YLTdivide thou it into parts, and thou hast poured on it oil; it is a present.
DARBYThou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is an oblation.
BBELet it be broken into bits, and put oil on it; it is a meal offering.
WebsterThou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil upon it: it is a meat-offering.

What does Leviticus 2:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon--Pouring oil on bread is a common practice among Eastern people, who are fond of broken bread dipped in oil, butter, and milk. Oil only was used in the meat offerings, and probably for a symbolic reason. It is evident that these meat offerings were previously prepared by the offerer, and when brought, the priest was to take it from his hands and burn a portion on the altar.

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 2:1-11

Chapter Outline The meat-offering of flour. (1-11) The offering of first-fruits. (12-16) Verses 1-11 Meat-offerings may typify Christ, as presented to God for us, and as being the Bread of life to our souls; but they rather seem to denote our obligation to God for the blessings of providence, and those good works which are acceptable to God. The term "meat" was, and still is, properly given to any kind of provision…

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Leviticus 2:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

פָּת֤וֹתpa.Totyou will crumbleH6626
אֹתָהּ֙'o.Tah<obj.> itH853
פִּתִּ֔יםpi.TimcrumbsH6595
וְיָצַקְתָּ֥ve.ya.tzak.Taand you will pourH3332
עָלֶ֖יהָ'a.Lei.haon itH5921
שָׁ֑מֶןSha.menoilH8081
מִנְחָ֖הmin.Chah[is] a grain offeringH4503
הִֽוא\׃\ \סhi'itH1931

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Leviticus 2:6

  • John 18:1-19

    When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples. Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? …

  • Psalms 22:1-21

    To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. …

  • Leviticus 1:6

    And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.

  • Mark 14:1-15

    After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people. And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head. And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1:6; Ps 22:1-21; Mr 14:1-15:47; Joh 18:1-19:42

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Leviticus 2:5

    And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.

  • Leviticus 2:6

    Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat offering.

  • Leviticus 2:7

    And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.

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Leviticus 2:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		La cual partirás en piezas, y echarás sobre ella aceite: es presente.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tu la briseras en morceaux, et tu verseras de l’huile dessus: c’est une offrande de gâteau.
German
Elberfelder 1871		du sollst es in Stücke zerbrechen und Öl darauf gießen: es ist ein Speisopfer.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		divides eam minutatim, et fundes super eam oleum.