translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: LEV

label: NET study note

text: The “grain offering” ( מִנְחָה [ minkhah ]; here קָרְבַּן מִנְחָה , [ qorbban minkhah ], “an offering of a grain offering”) generally accompanied a burnt or peace offering to supplement the meat with bread (the libation provided the drink; cf. Num 15:1-10 ), thus completing the food “gift” to the Lord . It made atonement (see the note on Lev 1:4 ) along with the burnt offering (e.g., Lev 14:20 ) or alone as a sin offering for the poor ( Lev 5:11-13 ).


text: This is not just any “incense” ( קְטֹרֶת , qÿtoret ; R. E. Averbeck, NIDOTTE 3:913-16), but specifically “frankincense” ( לְבֹנָה , lÿvonah ; R. E. Averbeck, NIDOTTE 2:756-57).


text: The “memorial portion” ( אַזְכָרָה , ’ azkharah ) was the part of the grain offering that was burnt on the altar (see the previous clause), as opposed to the remainder, which was normally consumed by the priests (v. 3 ; see the full regulations in Lev 6:14-23 [7-16]). It was probably intended to call to mind (i.e., memorialize) before the Lord the reason for the presentation of the particular offering (see the remarks in R. E. Averbeck, NIDOTTE 1:335-39).


text: These “loaves” were either “ring-shaped” ( HALOT 317 s.v. חַלָּה ) or “perforated” (BDB 319 s.v. חַלָּה ; cf. J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:184).


text: Lev 7:9 makes it clear that one cooked “on” a griddle but “in” a pan. This suggests that the oil in the pan served for deep fat frying, hence the translation “deep fried in olive oil” (see, e.g., J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:185); cf. also NAB.


text: The “first fruit” referred to here was given to the priests as a prebend for their service to the Lord , not offered on the altar ( Num 18:12 ).