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Leviticus 2:14 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 14. 14And 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.
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Quick Meaning
This verse introduces roasted new grain as a firstfruits offering.
Early grain is roasted, crushed, oiled, and partly burned
This verse is one part of that explanation in Leviticus 2:14-16. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- Leviticus 2:14-16
Read through 2:14-16 and watch how each actor, material, status, or command relates. Leviticus 2:14 introduces roasted new grain as a firstfruits offering; the whole unit establishes this: Roasted new grain is crushed, dressed with oil and frankincense, and partly burned as its memorial portion.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Leviticus places this unit within the grain-offering sequence, which moves through flour, cooked forms, ingredient boundaries, and early produce while preserving the memorial portion. Its particular contribution is: Roasted new grain is crushed, dressed with oil and frankincense, and partly burned as its memorial portion. Within that movement, this verse introduces roasted new grain as a firstfruits offering.
What Remains True
Introduces roasted new grain as a firstfruits offering. Within Leviticus 2:14-16, this contributes to the larger claim that roasted new grain is crushed, dressed with oil and frankincense, and partly burned as its memorial portion.
How It Can Shape Life
- When teaching Leviticus 2:14, keep the verse inside Leviticus 2:14-16. Hold this boundary: First produce is acknowledged through an ordered gift, not through a prosperity transaction. Apply only the noncoercive truth the complete unit supports.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Leviticus 2:14-16 — Early grain is offered with oil and frankincenseSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Leviticus 2:14-16, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Leviticus
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, ritual and legal vocabulary, names, clause relationships, KJV language controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Lev.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 2:14-16
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Leviticus with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
eBible.org distribution of the NET Bible, PDF generated 2025-12-31
Supports: Unit-bounded translator notes on Hebrew, syntax, ritual vocabulary, measures, textual questions, and older-English wording; silence is not treated as evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible Leviticus PDF, complete PDF pp. 1-99, translation and translator notes for 2:14-16
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