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The Mishnah noted that Leviticus 1:9; 1:17; and 2:9 each use the same words, "an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to the Lord," whether to describe the burnt offering of a beast, a bird offering, or even a meal offering. (And Leviticus 5:7; 5:11; 12:8; and 14:21–22 provided that people of lesser means could bring less-expensive offerings.)
A meal offering (minchah) is of choice flour with oil, from which priest will remove a token portion to burn on the altar, and the remainder the priests can eat. Meal offerings cannot contain leaven or honey, and are to be seasoned with salt. Meal offerings of first fruits are new ears parched with fire or grits of the fresh grain.
Offering following childbirth (Leviticus 12; see Kinnim) The offering for an accused adulterous wife (Ordeal of the bitter water) Thank offering (todah) Offerings relevant to fulfillment of, or transgression of, the Nazirite vow. Offerings following cure from certain diseases and unusual bodily discharges. Other sacrifices include: Dough ...
Rules of burnt offerings, meal offerings, peace offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings, including specifications of the portions allocated to priests, and, in some cases, the appropriate costume of the officiating priest (Leviticus 1-7:21, carried out at Leviticus 9) Ritual of cleansing lepers (Leviticus 14) Rule of fringes (Leviticus 15 ...
Some Jews refer to the laws of bird offerings in Leviticus 12:8 and the laws of the menstrual cycle as they study the end of chapter 3 of Pirkei Avot on a Sabbath between Passover and Rosh Hashanah. [82] Some Jews refer to the guilt offerings for skin disease in Leviticus 13 as part of readings on the offerings after the Sabbath morning ...
The Rabbis taught in a Baraita that because Leviticus 2:15 says with regard to a meal offering of first-fruits, "you shall ... lay frankincense thereon; it is a meal-offering," Leviticus 2:15 meant to include within the requirement for frankincense the meal-offering that Leviticus 9:4 required Aaron to offer on the eighth day of consecration. [63]
The Tithe offering (Leviticus 27:32) could be eaten by anyone and the Passover offering was eaten by all who had purchased a share in the sacrifice. [100] [103] Meal offerings called mincha all consisted primarily of flour and were either completely or partially burned on the altar. Those not entirely burned on the altar were eaten by the priests.
A meal offering, grain offering, or gift offering (Biblical Hebrew: מנחה, minkhah), is a type of Biblical sacrifice, specifically a sacrifice that did not include sacrificial animals. In older English it is sometimes called an oblation , from Latin.