Sacrifices to give thanks to the LORD

The LORD said:

1When you offer sacrifices to give thanks to me,2.1 sacrifices to give thanks to me: These sacrifices have traditionally been called “grain offerings”. A main purpose of such sacrifices was to thank the LORD with a gift of grain, and so in the CEV they are sometimes called “sacrifices to give thanks to the LORD”. you must use only your finest flour. Put it in a dish, sprinkle olive oil and incense on the flour, 2and take it to the priests from Aaron's family. One of them will scoop up the incense together with a handful of the flour and oil. Then, to show that the whole offering belongs to me, the priest will lay this part on the bronze altar and send it up in smoke with a smell that pleases me. 3The rest of this sacrifice is for the priests; it is very holy because it was offered to me.

4If you bake bread in an oven for this sacrifice, use only your finest flour, but without any yeast. You may make the flour into a loaf mixed with olive oil, or you may make it into thin wafers and brush them with oil.

5If you cook bread in a shallow pan for this sacrifice, use only your finest flour. Mix it with olive oil, but do not use any yeast. 6Then break the bread into small pieces and sprinkle them with oil. 7If you cook your bread in a pan with a lid on it, you must also use the finest flour mixed with oil.

8You may prepare sacrifices to give thanks in any of these three ways. Bring your sacrifice to a priest, and he will take it to the bronze altar. 9Then, to show that the whole offering belongs to me, the priest will lay part of it on the altar and send it up in smoke with a smell that pleases me. 10The rest of this sacrifice is for the priests; it is very holy because it was offered to me.

11Yeast and honey must never be burnt on the altar, so don't ever mix either of these in a grain sacrifice. 12You may offer either of them separately,2.12 You…separately: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text. when you present the first part of your harvest to me, but they must never be burnt on the altar.

13Salt is offered when you make an agreement with me, so sprinkle salt on these sacrifices.

14Freshly cut grain, either roasted or coarsely ground,2.14 either…ground: Or “roasted and coarsely ground”. must be used when you offer the first part of your grain harvest. 15You must mix in some olive oil and put incense on top, because this is a grain sacrifice. 16A priest will sprinkle all the incense and some of the grain and oil on the altar and send them up in smoke to show that the whole offering belongs to me.