Regler for afgrødeofre, henvendt til folket
1Den, der ønsker at bringe Herren et afgrødeoffer, skal tage noget af sit bedste mel, hælde olivenolie over og drysse røgelse ovenpå. 2Derefter skal han bringe det til en af præsterne, som skal brænde en håndfuld af det på alteret som et lifligt mindeoffer for Herren. 3Resten af melet tilfalder præsterne som deres andel af Herrens højhellige ildoffer.
4Hvis nogen ønsker at bringe ovnbagt brød som et offer til Herren, skal brødet bages af det bedste mel og olivenolie, og der må ikke være surdej i det. Både rundbrød og fladbrød bagt med olivenolie, men uden surdej, kan bringes som offergave. 5Også hvis offergaven er bagt på en plade over ildstedet, skal brødet bages af det bedste mel og olivenolie uden surdej. 6Bræk brødet i stykker og hæld olivenolie over det, så gælder også det som et afgrødeoffer. 7Hvis offergaven er tilberedt i en gryde med låg, skal I stadig bruge det bedste mel, blandet med olivenolie.
8Uanset hvordan afgrødeofferet er tilberedt, skal du bringe det til præsterne, som vil sørge for, at det bliver overbragt til Herren.
9Præsterne skal kun brænde en del af offeret som et lifligt afgrødeoffer for Herren. 10Resten tilfalder dem som deres retmæssige del af Herrens højhellige ildoffer.
11I må ikke syrne det mel, I bruger til afgrødeofrene, for hverken surdej eller honning er tilladt i forbindelse med Herrens ildofre. 12Brød, der er bagt med surdej eller honning, må I gerne bringe som høstoffer, men ikke som brændoffer.
13Ethvert afgrødeoffer skal indeholde salt, for saltet symboliserer jeres troskab mod Guds pagt. Så glem ikke saltet.
14Hvis I ønsker at bringe et offer fra den tidlige høst, skal I riste friske, nyhøstede bygkerner og knuse dem. 15Siden det er et afgrødeoffer, skal I hælde olivenolie over det og drysse røgelse på. 16Præsterne skal så tage en del af de knuste kerner, olivenolien og al røgelsen og brænde det som et lifligt mindeoffer for Herren.
1And 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: 2And 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: 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.
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.
5¶ And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.2.5 in a pan: or, on a flat plate, or, slice 6Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat offering.
7¶ And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. 8And 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. 9And 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. 10And 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.
11No 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.
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.2.12 be burnt: Heb. ascend 13And 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. 14And 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. 15And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meat offering. 16And 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.
