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Leviticus 2:3 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 3. 3And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.
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Quick Meaning
This verse gives the remaining grain to Aaron and his sons as most-holy priestly food.
Read It With
- Leviticus 2:1-3
Start with 2:1-3 rather than Leviticus 2:3 alone. In that complete movement, this verse gives the remaining grain to Aaron and his sons as most-holy priestly food. The unit's controlling claim is: Oil and frankincense accompany fine flour; a memorial portion is burned and the remainder belongs to Aaron and his sons as most holy food.
Why This Verse Appears Here
This verse gives the remaining grain to Aaron and his sons as most-holy priestly food. Its place in Leviticus 2:1-3 matters because this unit follows at this point to define fine flour becomes a grain offering and priestly portion before the book turns to the next offering, priestly act, status distinction, social command, calendar movement, land case, covenant warning, or vow rule.
Follow the Context
- The unit opens the case or movement named “Fine flour becomes a grain offering and priestly portion.”
- Oil and frankincense accompany fine flour; a memorial portion is burned and the remainder belongs to Aaron and his sons as most holy food.
- KJV 'meat offering' here contains no meat and should not be taught as an animal sacrifice. That boundary keeps ritual status, moral guilt, ancient description, enduring truth, and modern application from being collapsed.
What This Verse Is Not Saying
Leviticus 2:3 does not stand apart from Leviticus 2:1-3; kJV 'meat offering' here contains no meat and should not be taught as an animal sacrifice.
What Remains True
Gives the remaining grain to Aaron and his sons as most-holy priestly food. Within Leviticus 2:1-3, this contributes to the larger claim that oil and frankincense accompany fine flour; a memorial portion is burned and the remainder belongs to Aaron and his sons as most holy food.
How It Can Shape Life
- When teaching Leviticus 2:3, keep the verse inside Leviticus 2:1-3. Hold this boundary: KJV 'meat offering' here contains no meat and should not be taught as an animal sacrifice. Apply only the noncoercive truth the complete unit supports.
Teach It Back
Explain Leviticus 2:3's contribution to Leviticus 2:1-3. Name the category involved, what the surrounding verses add, any material uncertainty, and what the verse does not authorize.
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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 2:1-3, 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 2:1-3
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NET Bible: Leviticus with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
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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 2:1-3
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