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Lexicon :: Strong's H4503 - minḥâ

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מִנְחָה
Transliteration
minḥâ
Pronunciation
min-khaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. bestow
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TWOT Reference: 1214a

Strong’s Definitions

מִנְחָה minchâh, min-khaw'; from an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. bestow; a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary):—gift, oblation, (meat) offering, present, sacrifice.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 211x

The KJV translates Strong's H4503 in the following manner: offering (164x), present (28x), gift (7x), oblation (6x), sacrifice (5x), meat (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 211x
The KJV translates Strong's H4503 in the following manner: offering (164x), present (28x), gift (7x), oblation (6x), sacrifice (5x), meat (1x).

  1. gift, tribute, offering, present, oblation, sacrifice, meat offering

    1. gift, present

    2. tribute

    3. offering (to God)

    4. grain offering

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִנְחָה minchâh, min-khaw'; from an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. bestow; a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary):—gift, oblation, (meat) offering, present, sacrifice.
STRONGS H4503: Abbreviations
מִנְחָה 153 noun feminine gift, tribute, offering (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician מנחת; Targum מִנְחָתָא; on Arabic see above); — absolute מ׳ Genesis 4:3 + 81 times; construct מִנְחַת Leviticus 2:7 + 22 times; suffix מִנְחָתִי Genesis 33:10 + 3 times; + 41 times suffixes singular; plural suffix מִנְחֹתֶיךָ Psalm 20:4; מִנְחֹתֵיבֶם Numbers 29:39; Amos 5:22; —
1. gift, present Genesis 32:14; Genesis 32:19; Genesis 32:21; Genesis 32:22 (E), Genesis 33:10; Genesis 43:11, 15, 25, 26 (J), Judges 6:18; 1 Samuel 10:27; 1 Kings 10:25 2 Chronicles 9:24; 2 Kings 8:8, 9; 2 Kings 20:12 = Isaiah 39:1; Psalm 45:13; 2 Chronicles 32:23.
2. tribute Judges 3:15, 17, 18 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 8:2, 6 = 1 Chronicles 18:2; 1 Chronicles 18:6, 1 Kings 5:1; 2 Kings 17:3, 4; 2 Chronicles 17:5, 11; 26:8; Hosea 10:6; Psalm 72:10.
3. offering made to God, of any kind, whether grain or animals Genesis 4:3, 4, 5; Numbers 16:15 (J), 1 Samuel 2:17, 29; 1 Samuel 26:19; Isaiah 1:13; Psalm 96:8; Zephaniah 3:10; + (probably) (לַ)עֲלוֺת הַ֫מִּנְחָה 1 Kings 18:29, 36; 2 Kings 3:20 (Ephraimitic source; usually regarded as = מִנְחַת עֶרֶב, but that much later usage). This general meaning possibly as also in following; זבח ומנחה 1 Samuel 2:29 (see 1 Samuel 2:29 b), 1 Samuel 3:14; Isaiah 19:21; עלה ומנחה Jeremiah 14:12; || עולה Psalm 20:4; || שֶׁלֶם Amos 5:22 (עֹלוֺת gloss, to explain אָרִיחַ); or these may shew early stage of discrimination.
† 4. grain offering (whether raw, roasted, ground to flour, or prepared as bread or cakes, see below. AV meat offering, misleading < RV meal-offering. GFMJudges 3:22 renders cereal oblation); — יָבִיאוּ אֶתהַֿמִּנְחָה בִּכְלִי טָהוֺר Isaiah 66:20 they bring the grain offering in clean vessels (restored Jews are brought as such an offering), compare מנחה טהורה Malachi 1:11; brought in hands Jeremiah 41:5 (late addition Co); received from hands Malachi 1:10; חִטִּים למנחה 1 Chronicles 21:23 wheat for grain offering; סֹלֶת 1 Chronicles 23:29, mixed with oil Ezekiel 46:14, baked Ezekiel 46:20; distinguished from other offerings 1 Kings 8:64 (twice in verse) = 2 Chronicles 7:7; 2 Kings 16:13, 15 (3 times in verse); Isaiah 43:23; Isaiah 57:6; Isaiah 66:3; Jeremiah 17:26; Jeremiah 33:18; Jeremiah 41:5 (late editors Co), Ezekiel 42:13; Ezekiel 44:29; Ezekiel 45:15, 17 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 45:25; Daniel 9:27; Psalm 40:7; used alone Nehemiah 13:5, 9; Ezekiel 45:24; Ezekiel 46:5 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 46:7, 11, 14 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 46:15; Malachi 1:13; Malachi 2:12, 13; Malachi 3:3, 4; Judges 13:19, 23 (R, GFMJud 322); (הָ) עֶרֶב מִנְחַת evening grain offering 2 Kings 16:15; Ezra 9:4, 5; Daniel 9:21; Psalm 141:2; מִנְחַת הַתָּמִיד continual grain off. Nehemiah 10:34, compare Leviticus 6:13; Numbers 4:16 (all cases under 4 exilic or post-exilic).
5. grain-offering, always with this meaning in P, in classifications Exodus 30:9; Exodus 40:29; Leviticus 7:37; Leviticus 23:37; Numbers 18:9; Numbers 29:39; —
a. אָבִיב grain in the ear parched with fire, with oil and frankincense Leviticus 2:14, 15.
b. סֹלֶת fine flour with oil and frankincense Leviticus 2:1; Leviticus 6:7; elsewhere בְּלוּלָה בַּשֶּׁמֶן mingled with oil Leviticus 14:10, 21; Leviticus 23:13; Numbers 7:13 + 10 times Numbers 8:8; Numbers 15:4, 6, 9; Numbers 28:5 + 6 times Numbers 29:3, 9, 14, except sin offering of very poor where offered without oil and frankincense Leviticus 5:11-13.
c. סֹלֶת baked in an oven as חַלּוֺת perforated cakes, or רְקִיקִים flat cakes Leviticus 2:4; Leviticus 7:9; Numbers 6:15, על הַמַּחֲבַת on a flat pan Leviticus 2:5; Leviticus 6:14; Leviticus 7:9, or מַרְחֶשֶׁת frying pan Leviticus 2:7; Leviticus 7:9. All these always unleavened (מַצּוֺת) and mixed with oil and salt Leviticus 2:11-13.
d. at Pentecost to consecrate new bread, מִנְחָה חֲדָשָׁה new grain offering of two loaves of leavened bread Leviticus 23:16, 17; Numbers 28:26
e. barley meal without oil or incense; מִנְחַת קְנָאֹת grain offering of jealousy, זִכָּרוֺן מ׳ Numbers 5:15, 18, 25. compare phrases מִנְחַת הַבֹּקֶר morning oblation Exodus 29:41; Numbers 28:8; קָרְבַּן מ׳ Leviticus 2:1, 4, 13; בִּכּוּרִים מ׳ Leviticus 2:14; מִּתִּים מ׳ Leviticus 6:14.
6..verbs of offering are הֵבִיא Genesis 4:3 (J), Leviticus 2:2, 8 (P), Isaiah 1:13; Isaiah 66:20 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 17:26; Malachi 1:13; הִקְרִיב Leviticus 2:1, 8, 11; Leviticus 6:7; Numbers 5:25; עשׂה Numbers 6:17; Numbers 28:31; 1 Kings 8:64 2 Chronicles 7:7; Ezekiel 45:24; Ezekiel 46:7, 14, 15; הקטיר 2 Kings 16:13, 15; Jeremiah 33:18; העלה Isaiah 57:6; Isaiah 66:3; Jeremiah 14:12; הגישׁ Amos 5:25; Malachi 2:12; Malachi 3:3; הוביל Zephaniah 3:10; נשׂא Psalm 96:8, also (מ׳ = tribute) 2 Samuel 8:2, 6 and ||.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H4504.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:3; 4:3; 4:3; 4:4; 4:5; 32:14; 32:19; 32:21; 32:22; 33:10; 33:10; 43:11; 43:15; 43:25; 43:26

Exodus

29:41; 30:9; 40:29

Leviticus

2:1; 2:1; 2:1; 2:2; 2:4; 2:4; 2:5; 2:7; 2:7; 2:8; 2:8; 2:11; 2:11; 2:12; 2:13; 2:13; 2:14; 2:14; 2:15; 5:11; 5:12; 5:13; 6:7; 6:7; 6:13; 6:14; 6:14; 7:9; 7:9; 7:9; 7:37; 14:10; 14:21; 23:13; 23:16; 23:17; 23:37

Numbers

4:16; 5:15; 5:18; 5:25; 5:25; 6:15; 6:17; 7:13; 8:8; 15:4; 15:6; 15:9; 16:15; 18:9; 28:5; 28:8; 28:26; 28:31; 29:3; 29:9; 29:14; 29:39; 29:39

Judges

3:15; 3:17; 3:18; 3:22; 6:18; 13:19; 13:23

1 Samuel

2:17; 2:29; 2:29; 2:29; 3:14; 10:27; 26:19

2 Samuel

8:2; 8:2; 8:6; 8:6

1 Kings

5:1; 8:64; 8:64; 10:25; 18:29; 18:36

2 Kings

3:20; 8:8; 8:9; 16:13; 16:13; 16:15; 16:15; 16:15; 17:3; 17:4; 20:12

1 Chronicles

18:2; 18:6; 21:23; 23:29

2 Chronicles

7:7; 7:7; 9:24; 17:5; 17:11; 26:8; 32:23

Ezra

9:4; 9:5

Nehemiah

10:34; 13:5; 13:9

Psalms

20:4; 20:4; 40:7; 45:13; 72:10; 96:8; 96:8; 141:2

Isaiah

1:13; 1:13; 19:21; 39:1; 43:23; 57:6; 57:6; 66:3; 66:3; 66:20; 66:20

Jeremiah

14:12; 14:12; 17:26; 17:26; 33:18; 33:18; 41:5; 41:5

Ezekiel

42:13; 44:29; 45:15; 45:17; 45:24; 45:24; 45:25; 46:5; 46:7; 46:7; 46:11; 46:14; 46:14; 46:14; 46:15; 46:15; 46:20

Daniel

9:21; 9:27

Hosea

10:6

Amos

5:22; 5:22; 5:25

Zephaniah

3:10; 3:10

Malachi

1:10; 1:11; 1:13; 1:13; 2:12; 2:12; 2:13; 3:3; 3:3; 3:4

H4503

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4503 matches the Hebrew מִנְחָה (minḥâ),
which occurs 211 times in 194 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 4:3–Num 5:15)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:3 - In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:4 - And Abel also brought an offering—fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:5 - but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:13 - He spent the night there, and from what he had with him he selected a gift for his brother Esau:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:18 - then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift sent to my lord Esau, and he is coming behind us.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:20 - And be sure to say, ‘Your servant Jacob is coming behind us.’ ” For he thought, “I will pacify him with these gifts I am sending on ahead; later, when I see him, perhaps he will receive me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:21 - So Jacob’s gifts went on ahead of him, but he himself spent the night in the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:10 - “No, please!” said Jacob. “If I have found favor in your eyes, accept this gift from me. For to see your face is like seeing the face of God, now that you have received me favorably.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:11 - Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your bags and take them down to the man as a gift—a little balm and a little honey, some spices and myrrh, some pistachio nuts and almonds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:15 - So the men took the gifts and double the amount of silver, and Benjamin also. They hurried down to Egypt and presented themselves to Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:25 - They prepared their gifts for Joseph’s arrival at noon, because they had heard that they were to eat there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:26 - When Joseph came home, they presented to him the gifts they had brought into the house, and they bowed down before him to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:41 - Sacrifice the other lamb at twilight with the same grain offering and its drink offering as in the morning—a pleasing aroma, a food offering presented to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:9 - Do not offer on this altar any other incense or any burnt offering or grain offering, and do not pour a drink offering on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:29 - He set the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, and offered on it burnt offerings and grain offerings, as the LORD commanded him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:1 - “ ‘When anyone brings a grain offering to the LORD, their offering is to be of the finest flour. They are to pour olive oil on it, put incense on it

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:3 - The rest of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the food offerings presented to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:4 - “ ‘If you bring a grain offering baked in an oven, it is to consist of the finest flour: either thick loaves made without yeast and with olive oil mixed in or thin loaves made without yeast and brushed with olive oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:5 - If your grain offering is prepared on a griddle, it is to be made of the finest flour mixed with oil, and without yeast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:6 - Crumble it and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:7 - If your grain offering is cooked in a pan, it is to be made of the finest flour and some olive oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:8 - Bring the grain offering made of these things to the LORD; present it to the priest, who shall take it to the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:9 - He shall take out the memorial portion from the grain offering and burn it on the altar as a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:10 - The rest of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the food offerings presented to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:11 - “ ‘Every grain offering you bring to the LORD must be made without yeast, for you are not to burn any yeast or honey in a food offering presented to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:13 - Season all your grain offerings with salt. Do not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offerings; add salt to all your offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:14 - “ ‘If you bring a grain offering of firstfruits to the LORD, offer crushed heads of new grain roasted in the fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:15 - Put oil and incense on it; it is a grain offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:13 - In this way the priest will make atonement for them for any of these sins they have committed, and they will be forgiven. The rest of the offering will belong to the priest, as in the case of the grain offering.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:14 - “ ‘These are the regulations for the grain offering: Aaron’s sons are to bring it before the LORD, in front of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:15 - The priest is to take a handful of the finest flour and some olive oil, together with all the incense on the grain offering, and burn the memorial[fn] portion on the altar as an aroma pleasing to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:20 - “This is the offering Aaron and his sons are to bring to the LORD on the day he[fn] is anointed: a tenth of an ephah[fn] of the finest flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:21 - It must be prepared with oil on a griddle; bring it well-mixed and present the grain offering broken[fn] in pieces as an aroma pleasing to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:23 - Every grain offering of a priest shall be burned completely; it must not be eaten.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:9 - Every grain offering baked in an oven or cooked in a pan or on a griddle belongs to the priest who offers it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:10 - and every grain offering, whether mixed with olive oil or dry, belongs equally to all the sons of Aaron.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:37 - These, then, are the regulations for the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the guilt offering, the ordination offering and the fellowship offering,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:4 - and an ox[fn] and a ram for a fellowship offering to sacrifice before the LORD, together with a grain offering mixed with olive oil. For today the LORD will appear to you.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:17 - He also brought the grain offering, took a handful of it and burned it on the altar in addition to the morning’s burnt offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:12 - Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering left over from the food offerings prepared without yeast and presented to the LORD and eat it beside the altar, for it is most holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:10 - “On the eighth day they must bring two male lambs and one ewe lamb a year old, each without defect, along with three-tenths of an ephah[fn] of the finest flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, and one log[fn] of oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:20 - and offer it on the altar, together with the grain offering, and make atonement for them, and they will be clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:21 - “If, however, they are poor and cannot afford these, they must take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for them, together with a tenth of an ephah[fn] of the finest flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of oil,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:31 - one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, together with the grain offering. In this way the priest will make atonement before the LORD on behalf of the one to be cleansed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:13 - together with its grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah[fn] of the finest flour mixed with olive oil—a food offering presented to the LORD, a pleasing aroma—and its drink offering of a quarter of a hin[fn] of wine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:16 - Count off fifty days up to the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:18 - Present with this bread seven male lambs, each a year old and without defect, one young bull and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the LORD, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:37 - (“ ‘These are the LORD’s appointed festivals, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for bringing food offerings to the LORD—the burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings required for each day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:16 - “Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest, is to have charge of the oil for the light, the fragrant incense, the regular grain offering and the anointing oil. He is to be in charge of the entire tabernacle and everything in it, including its holy furnishings and articles.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:15 - then he is to take his wife to the priest. He must also take an offering of a tenth of an ephah[fn] of barley flour on her behalf. He must not pour olive oil on it or put incense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, a reminder-offering to draw attention to wrongdoing.

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