2:1 And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be [of] fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:
[3] {fine flour} The meal-offering. The fine flour speaks of the evenness and balance of the character of Christ; of that perfection in which no quality was in excess, none lacking; the fire, of His testing by suffering, even unto death; frankincense; the fragrance of His life Godward (see) # Ex 30:34 absence of leaven, His character as "the Truth" (see)
# Ex 12:8 absence of honey;--His was not that mere naturalsweetness which may exist quite apart from grace; oil mingled, Christ as born of the Spirit # Mt 1:18-23 oil upon, christ as baptized with the Spirit # Joh 1:32 6:27 the oven, the unseen sufferings of Christ--His inner agonies # Heb 2:18 Mt 27:45,46 the pan, His more evident sufferings (e.g.)
# Mt 27:27-31 salt, the pungency of the truth of God--thatwhich arrests the action of leaven.
2:2 And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, [to be] an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD:
2:3 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.
2:4 And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven, [it shall be] unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil. 2:5 And if thy oblation [be] a meat offering [baken] in a pan, it shall be [of] fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.
2:6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it [is] a meat offering.
2:7 And if thy oblation [be] a meat offering [baken] in the fryingpan, it shall be made [of] fine flour with oil.
2:8 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.
2:9 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 savour unto the LORD.
2:10 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.
2:11 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.
[1] {leaven} For meanings of leaven see Mat 13.33. Also Le 7.13, note # Mt 13:33 ¯ See Note "Le 7:13"
[2] {honey} Honey is mere natural sweetness and could not symbolize the divine graciousness of the Lord Jesus.
2:12 As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.
2:13 And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.
[3] {salt} Cf. # Nu 18:19 Mr 9:49,50 Col 4:6
2:14 And 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.
2:15 And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it [is] a meat offering.
2:16 And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, [part] of the beaten corn thereof, and [part] of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: [it is] an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
