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were not most holy), but by the priests only, and their families. Thus God provided that those who served at the altar should live upon the altar, and live comfortably.
3 and 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.
4 And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baked in the oven,
it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.
5 And if thy oblation be a meat offering baked in a pan, it shall be of
fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.
6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat
offering.
7 And if thy oblation be a meat offering baked in the frying pan,
it shall be made of fine flour with oil.
8 And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things
unto the Lord: and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall bring it unto the altar.
9 And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial
thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the Lord.
10 And that which is left 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.
11 No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the Lord, shall be
made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the Lord made by fire.
Here, I. Leaven and honey are forbidden to be put in any of their meat-offerings: No leaven, nor any honey, in any offering made by fire, Le 2:11.
1 The leaven was forbidden in remembrance of the unleavened bread they ate when they came out of Egypt. So much despatch was required in the offerings they made that it was not convenient they should stay for the leavening of them. The New Testament comparing pride and hypocrisy to leaven because they swell like leaven, comparing also