Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version It must be prepared with oil on a griddle; bring it well-mixed and present the grain offering broken in pieces as an aroma pleasing to the LORD. New Living Translation It must be carefully mixed with olive oil and cooked on a griddle. Then slice this grain offering and present it as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. English Standard Version It shall be made with oil on a griddle. You shall bring it well mixed, in baked pieces like a grain offering, and offer it for a pleasing aroma to the LORD. Berean Standard Bible It shall be prepared with oil on a griddle; you are to bring it well-kneaded and present it as a grain offering broken in pieces, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. Berean Literal Bible It shall be made on a griddle with the oil—you shall bring it in well mixed; you shall bring near the baked pieces of a grain offering, a pleasing aroma to YHWH. King James Bible In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou shalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto the LORD. New King James Version It shall be made in a pan with oil. When it is mixed, you shall bring it in. The baked pieces of the grain offering you shall offer for a sweet aroma to the LORD. New American Standard Bible It shall be prepared with oil on a griddle. When it is well stirred, you shall bring it. You shall present the grain offering in baked pieces as a soothing aroma to the LORD. NASB 1995 “It shall be prepared with oil on a griddle. When it is well stirred, you shall bring it. You shall present the grain offering in baked pieces as a soothing aroma to the LORD. NASB 1977 “It shall be prepared with oil on a griddle. When it is well stirred, you shall bring it. You shall present the grain offering in baked pieces as a soothing aroma to the LORD. Legacy Standard Bible It shall be prepared with oil on a griddle. When it is well stirred, you shall bring it. You shall bring near the grain offering in baked pieces as a soothing aroma to Yahweh. Amplified Bible It shall be prepared with oil on a griddle. When it is well stirred, you shall bring it. You shall present the grain offering in baked pieces as a sweet and soothing aroma to the LORD. Berean Annotated Bible It shall be prepared with oil on a griddle (baking pan); you are to bring it well-kneaded and present it as a grain offering broken (baked) in pieces, a pleasing aroma to the LORD {YHWH}. Christian Standard Bible It is to be prepared with oil on a griddle; you are to bring it well-kneaded. You are to present it as a grain offering of baked pieces, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. Holman Christian Standard Bible It is to be prepared with oil on a griddle; you are to bring it well-kneaded. You must present it as a grain offering of baked pieces, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. American Standard Version On a baking-pan it shall be made with oil; when it is soaked, thou shalt bring it in: in baken pieces shalt thou offer the meal-offering for a sweet savor unto Jehovah. Contemporary English Version mixed with olive oil and cooked in a shallow pan. The bread must then be crumbled into small pieces and sent up in smoke with a smell that pleases me. English Revised Version On a baking pan it shall be made with oil; when it is soaked, thou shalt bring it in: in baken pieces shalt thou offer the meal offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD. GOD'S WORD® Translation Prepare it in a frying pan with olive oil, mixing it well. Offer baked pieces of the grain offering as a soothing aroma to the LORD. Good News Translation It is to be mixed with oil and cooked on a griddle and then crumbled and presented as a grain offering, an odor pleasing to the LORD. International Standard Version It is to be prepared with olive oil on a griddle. Once it has been mixed thoroughly, bake it, bring it in pieces, and offer it like a grain offering of broken pieces, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. NET Bible It must be made with olive oil on a griddle and you must bring it well soaked, so you must present a grain offering of broken pieces as a soothing aroma to the LORD. New Heart English Bible It shall be made with oil in a griddle. When it is soaked, you shall bring it in. You shall offer the meal offering in baked pieces for a pleasant aroma to the LORD. Webster's Bible Translation In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baked, thou shalt bring it in: and the baked pieces of the meat-offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savor to the LORD. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleIt shall be prepared with oil on a griddle; you are to bring it well-kneaded and present it as a grain offering broken in pieces, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. World English Bible It shall be made with oil in a griddle. When it is soaked, you shall bring it in. You shall offer the meal offering in baked pieces for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionit is made on a griddle with oil—you bring it in stirred; you bring baked pieces of the present near [for] a refreshing fragrance to YHWH. Berean Literal Bible It shall be made on a griddle with the oil—you shall bring it in well mixed; you shall bring near the baked pieces of a grain offering, a pleasing aroma to YHWH. Young's Literal Translation on a girdel with oil it is made -- fried thou dost bring it in; baked pieces of the present thou dost bring near, a sweet fragrance to Jehovah. Smith's Literal Translation Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIt shall be tempered with oil, and shall be fried in a fryingpan. Catholic Public Domain Version It shall be sprinkled with oil and fried in a frying pan. Then it shall be offered hot, as a most sweet odor to the Lord, New American Bible You shall bring it well kneaded and fried in oil on a griddle. Having broken the offering into pieces, you shall present it as a sweet aroma to the LORD. New Revised Standard Version It shall be made with oil on a griddle; you shall bring it well soaked, as a grain offering of baked pieces, and you shall present it as a pleasing odor to the LORD. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleOn a griddle it shall be made with oil; he shall bake it soft, and the baked pieces of the meal offering you shall offer for a sweet savour to the LORD. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated It shall be made on a griddle with oil; he shall make it soft and he shall break the meal offering in pieces, morsel by morsel, and bring a pleasing savor to LORD JEHOVAH. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917On a griddle it shall be made with oil; when it is soaked, thou shalt bring it in; in broken pieces shalt thou offer the meal-offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD. Brenton Septuagint Translation It shall be made with oil in a frying-pan; he shall offer it kneaded and in rolls, an offering of fragments, an offering of a sweet savour unto the Lord. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Grain Offering…20“This is the offering that Aaron and his sons must present to the LORD on the day he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening. 21It shall be prepared with oil on a griddle; you are to bring it well-kneaded and present it as a grain offering broken in pieces, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. 22The priest, who is one of Aaron’s sons and will be anointed to take his place, is to prepare it. As a permanent portion for the LORD, it must be burned completely.… Cross References It shall be prepared with oil on a griddle; Leviticus 2:5 If your offering is a grain offering prepared on a griddle, it must be unleavened bread made of fine flour mixed with oil. Leviticus 2:7 If your offering is a grain offering cooked in a pan, it must consist of fine flour with oil. Numbers 15:4 then the one presenting his offering to the LORD shall also present a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a quarter hin of olive oil. you are to bring it well-kneaded Leviticus 2:4 Now if you bring an offering of grain baked in an oven, it must consist of fine flour, either unleavened cakes mixed with oil or unleavened wafers coated with oil. Exodus 29:2 along with unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil. Make them out of fine wheat flour, Numbers 6:15 together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—and a basket of unleavened cakes made from fine flour mixed with oil and unleavened wafers coated with oil. and present it as a grain offering broken in pieces, Leviticus 2:6 Crumble it and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering. Leviticus 1:6 Next, he is to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces. Leviticus 1:12 He is to cut the animal into pieces, and the priest shall arrange them, including the head and fat, atop the burning wood that is on the altar. a pleasing aroma to the LORD. Leviticus 1:9 The entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. Exodus 29:18 Then burn the entire ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD. Genesis 8:21 When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done. Numbers 7:13 His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; 1 Chronicles 23:29 as well as for the rows of the showbread, the fine flour for the grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baking, the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size. 2 Chronicles 35:13 They roasted the Passover animals on the fire according to the regulation, and they boiled the other holy offerings in pots, kettles, and bowls and quickly brought them to all the people. Ezekiel 46:20 and said to me, “This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them into the outer court and transmit holiness to the people.” Treasury of Scripture In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baked, you shall bring it in: and the baked pieces of the meat offering shall you offer for a sweet smell to the LORD. 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 7:9 And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest's that offereth it. 1 Chronicles 9:31 And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans. Jump to Previous Aroma Baked Baken Baking-Pan Broken Cooked Flat Griddle Meal Meal-Offering Meat Meat-Offering Mixed Oblation Odor Odour Offer Offering Oil Pan Pieces Plate Pleasant Pleasing Prepare Prepared Present Saturated Savor Savour Soaked Stirred Sweet Well-MixedJump to Next Aroma Baked Baken Baking-Pan Broken Cooked Flat Griddle Meal Meal-Offering Meat Meat-Offering Mixed Oblation Odor Odour Offer Offering Oil Pan Pieces Plate Pleasant Pleasing Prepare Prepared Present Saturated Savor Savour Soaked Stirred Sweet Well-MixedLeviticus 6 1. The trespass offering for sins done wittingly8. The law of the burnt offering 14. and of the meat offering 19. The offering at the consecration of a priest 24. The law of the sin offering It shall be prepared with oil on a griddle; The use of oil in offerings symbolizes the presence and anointing of the Holy Spirit. Oil was a valuable commodity in ancient Israel, often used for anointing kings and priests, signifying consecration and sanctification. The griddle, a flat cooking surface, indicates a method of preparation that was common in ancient Near Eastern cultures, emphasizing the practical and communal aspects of worship. This method of cooking also ensured that the offering was thoroughly cooked, symbolizing completeness and purity. you are to bring it well-kneaded and present it as a grain offering broken in pieces, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. Persons / Places / Events 1. Moses- The prophet and leader of the Israelites who received the laws from God, including the instructions for offerings. 2. Aaron and His Sons - The priests who were responsible for carrying out the offerings and sacrifices as prescribed in the law. 3. The Tabernacle - The portable dwelling place for the divine presence, where offerings and sacrifices were made. 4. Grain Offering - A type of offering made to God, often symbolizing dedication and thanksgiving. 5. The LORD - The covenant name of God, to whom the offerings are made as a sign of worship and obedience. Teaching Points The Importance of ObedienceThe detailed instructions for the grain offering highlight the importance of following God's commands precisely. This teaches us the value of obedience in our spiritual lives. Symbolism of Oil and Bread Oil often symbolizes the Holy Spirit, and bread can represent sustenance and life. In our lives, we should seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit and rely on God for our daily needs. Aroma Pleasing to the LORD The offering being a pleasing aroma signifies that our acts of worship and service, when done with the right heart, are delightful to God. We should strive to live lives that are pleasing to Him. Community and Worship The communal aspect of offerings in the Old Testament reflects the importance of community in worship. We are encouraged to gather and worship together, supporting one another in faith. Christ as the Fulfillment The grain offering points forward to Christ, who is the ultimate offering. Our faith in Him fulfills the law's requirements, and we are called to live in His grace. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of Leviticus 6:21?2. How does Leviticus 6:21 emphasize the importance of following God's specific instructions? 3. What does the preparation method in Leviticus 6:21 reveal about holiness? 4. How can we apply Leviticus 6:21's attention to detail in our worship? 5. What New Testament teachings align with the obedience shown in Leviticus 6:21? 6. How does Leviticus 6:21 encourage us to honor God in our daily tasks? 7. What is the significance of the grain offering in Leviticus 6:21? 8. How does Leviticus 6:21 reflect the importance of ritual in worship? 9. Why is the method of preparation specified in Leviticus 6:21? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 6? 11. What is the meaning of Aroma of the Sacrifice? 12. (Leviticus 6:14-18) Is the precise handling of grain offerings reasonable given the nomadic conditions of the Israelites, and is there archaeological support for these meticulous procedures? 13. (Luke 6:1-5) How can Jesus justify breaking Sabbath rules, allegedly set by God, by appealing to David's actions? 14. How could Isaiah 1:13-15 condemn divinely commanded sacrifices (see Leviticus) without contradicting earlier instructions for worship? What Does Leviticus 6:21 Mean It shall be prepared with oil• The Lord instructs that the priest’s daily grain offering be mixed with oil, not water, echoing earlier directions in Leviticus 2:5—“If your offering is a grain offering baked on a griddle, it shall be of fine flour mixed with oil”. • Oil speaks of consecration and empowerment. When Samuel anointed David “with oil” (1 Samuel 16:13), “the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David.” Likewise, Zechariah 4:6 ties oil and Spirit together: “‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the LORD.” The daily use of oil reminds us that every act of worship depends on the Spirit’s enabling, not mere human effort. on a griddle • A griddle (flat pan) produced a quick-cooked bread, ready for immediate use. The priest’s service was to be fresh each morning, not leftovers. • This plain, open cooking method made the offering visible to all. Worship was never to be secretive or half-hearted. • Ezekiel was told to set an “iron griddle” (Ezekiel 4:3) as a symbolic wall; here, the griddle is for fellowship, not separation. God welcomes His priests—and, by extension, His people—to open, transparent communion. you are to bring it well-kneaded • The flour and oil had to be thoroughly blended so that every bite carried the same flavor. God desires undivided, integrated devotion. • Exodus 12:39 shows Israel baking in haste “without leaven.” Here, the kneading is careful and deliberate—no shortcuts in daily consecration. • Jesus compared the kingdom to yeast that a woman “hid in three measures of flour” until “all of it was leavened” (Luke 13:21). Though the imagery differs, the principle is similar: the whole must be permeated. and present it as a grain offering • Grain offerings were gifts, not sin offerings. They acknowledged God as provider (Leviticus 2:1-3) and accompanied burnt offerings that pictured atonement. • Numbers 28:2 commands Israel, “Present My food offerings.” Daily worship keeps gratitude alive: we live by bread He first supplies. • For priests, this particular offering also became their daily meal (Leviticus 6:23). Ministry flows from what we first give to God and then receive back sanctified. broken in pieces • The loaf was divided so every priest could share. Worship is communal, not isolated. • The breaking anticipates the Messiah: Jesus “took bread, gave thanks, and broke it” (Luke 22:19), declaring, “This is My body.” John 6:51 calls Him “the living bread...given for the life of the world.” • Physical fragments did not diminish the offering’s worth; likewise, Christ’s body broken did not lessen His glory but displayed it. a pleasing aroma to the LORD • Genesis 8:21 records, “The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma” of Noah’s sacrifice. The same language shows God’s delight here. • Ephesians 5:2 applies it to Jesus: “Christ loved us and gave Himself for us, a fragrant offering.” Every obedient act, however small, carries that fragrance when offered through Christ. • The Lord’s pleasure, not our feelings, confirms true worship. summary Leviticus 6:21 pictures a daily, Spirit-empowered act of worship: fresh bread mixed with oil, openly cooked, thoroughly prepared, offered gratefully, shared in fellowship, and enjoyed by God Himself. It reminds believers to present every day’s work—in the Spirit, with wholehearted devotion, in communion with others—as a fragrant gift that delights the Lord. Hebrew It shall be preparedתֵּעָשֶׂ֖ה (tê·‘ā·śeh) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make with oil בַּשֶּׁ֛מֶן (baš·še·men) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8081: Grease, liquid, richness on עַֽל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against a griddle; מַחֲבַ֗ת (ma·ḥă·ḇaṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4227: A flat plate, pan, griddle you are to bring it תְּבִיאֶ֑נָּה (tə·ḇî·’en·nāh) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go well-kneaded מֻרְבֶּ֣כֶת (mur·be·ḵeṯ) Verb - Hofal - Participle - feminine singular Strong's 7246: To mix, stir and present it תַּקְרִ֥יב (taq·rîḇ) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 7126: To come near, approach as a grain offering מִנְחַ֣ת (min·ḥaṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 4503: A donation, tribute, a sacrificial offering broken תֻּפִינֵי֙ (tu·p̄î·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 8601: Perhaps baked pieces in pieces, פִּתִּ֔ים (pit·tîm) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 6595: Fragment, bit, morsel a pleasing נִיחֹ֖חַ (nî·ḥō·aḥ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5207: A quieting, soothing, tranquilizing aroma רֵֽיחַ־ (rê·aḥ-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7381: To smell, perceive odor to the LORD. לַיהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Links Leviticus 6:21 NIVLeviticus 6:21 NLT Leviticus 6:21 ESV Leviticus 6:21 NASB Leviticus 6:21 KJV Leviticus 6:21 BibleApps.com Leviticus 6:21 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 6:21 Chinese Bible Leviticus 6:21 French Bible Leviticus 6:21 Catholic Bible OT Law: Leviticus 6:21 It shall be made with oil (Le Lv Lev.) |
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