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Lexicon :: Strong's H4503 - minḥâ

Aa
מִנְחָה
Transliteration
minḥâ
Pronunciation
min-khaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. bestow
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1214a

Strong’s Definitions

מִנְחָה minchâh, min-khaw'; from an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. bestow; a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary):—gift, oblation, (meat) offering, present, sacrifice.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 211x

The KJV translates Strong's H4503 in the following manner: offering (164x), present (28x), gift (7x), oblation (6x), sacrifice (5x), meat (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 211x
The KJV translates Strong's H4503 in the following manner: offering (164x), present (28x), gift (7x), oblation (6x), sacrifice (5x), meat (1x).

  1. gift, tribute, offering, present, oblation, sacrifice, meat offering

    1. gift, present

    2. tribute

    3. offering (to God)

    4. grain offering

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִנְחָה minchâh, min-khaw'; from an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. bestow; a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary):—gift, oblation, (meat) offering, present, sacrifice.
STRONGS H4503: Abbreviations
מִנְחָה 153 noun feminine gift, tribute, offering (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician מנחת; Targum מִנְחָתָא; on Arabic see above); — absolute מ׳ Genesis 4:3 + 81 times; construct מִנְחַת Leviticus 2:7 + 22 times; suffix מִנְחָתִי Genesis 33:10 + 3 times; + 41 times suffixes singular; plural suffix מִנְחֹתֶיךָ Psalm 20:4; מִנְחֹתֵיבֶם Numbers 29:39; Amos 5:22; —
1. gift, present Genesis 32:14; Genesis 32:19; Genesis 32:21; Genesis 32:22 (E), Genesis 33:10; Genesis 43:11, 15, 25, 26 (J), Judges 6:18; 1 Samuel 10:27; 1 Kings 10:25 2 Chronicles 9:24; 2 Kings 8:8, 9; 2 Kings 20:12 = Isaiah 39:1; Psalm 45:13; 2 Chronicles 32:23.
2. tribute Judges 3:15, 17, 18 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 8:2, 6 = 1 Chronicles 18:2; 1 Chronicles 18:6, 1 Kings 5:1; 2 Kings 17:3, 4; 2 Chronicles 17:5, 11; 26:8; Hosea 10:6; Psalm 72:10.
3. offering made to God, of any kind, whether grain or animals Genesis 4:3, 4, 5; Numbers 16:15 (J), 1 Samuel 2:17, 29; 1 Samuel 26:19; Isaiah 1:13; Psalm 96:8; Zephaniah 3:10; + (probably) (לַ)עֲלוֺת הַ֫מִּנְחָה 1 Kings 18:29, 36; 2 Kings 3:20 (Ephraimitic source; usually regarded as = מִנְחַת עֶרֶב, but that much later usage). This general meaning possibly as also in following; זבח ומנחה 1 Samuel 2:29 (see 1 Samuel 2:29 b), 1 Samuel 3:14; Isaiah 19:21; עלה ומנחה Jeremiah 14:12; || עולה Psalm 20:4; || שֶׁלֶם Amos 5:22 (עֹלוֺת gloss, to explain אָרִיחַ); or these may shew early stage of discrimination.
† 4. grain offering (whether raw, roasted, ground to flour, or prepared as bread or cakes, see below. AV meat offering, misleading < RV meal-offering. GFMJudges 3:22 renders cereal oblation); — יָבִיאוּ אֶתהַֿמִּנְחָה בִּכְלִי טָהוֺר Isaiah 66:20 they bring the grain offering in clean vessels (restored Jews are brought as such an offering), compare מנחה טהורה Malachi 1:11; brought in hands Jeremiah 41:5 (late addition Co); received from hands Malachi 1:10; חִטִּים למנחה 1 Chronicles 21:23 wheat for grain offering; סֹלֶת 1 Chronicles 23:29, mixed with oil Ezekiel 46:14, baked Ezekiel 46:20; distinguished from other offerings 1 Kings 8:64 (twice in verse) = 2 Chronicles 7:7; 2 Kings 16:13, 15 (3 times in verse); Isaiah 43:23; Isaiah 57:6; Isaiah 66:3; Jeremiah 17:26; Jeremiah 33:18; Jeremiah 41:5 (late editors Co), Ezekiel 42:13; Ezekiel 44:29; Ezekiel 45:15, 17 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 45:25; Daniel 9:27; Psalm 40:7; used alone Nehemiah 13:5, 9; Ezekiel 45:24; Ezekiel 46:5 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 46:7, 11, 14 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 46:15; Malachi 1:13; Malachi 2:12, 13; Malachi 3:3, 4; Judges 13:19, 23 (R, GFMJud 322); (הָ) עֶרֶב מִנְחַת evening grain offering 2 Kings 16:15; Ezra 9:4, 5; Daniel 9:21; Psalm 141:2; מִנְחַת הַתָּמִיד continual grain off. Nehemiah 10:34, compare Leviticus 6:13; Numbers 4:16 (all cases under 4 exilic or post-exilic).
5. grain-offering, always with this meaning in P, in classifications Exodus 30:9; Exodus 40:29; Leviticus 7:37; Leviticus 23:37; Numbers 18:9; Numbers 29:39; —
a. אָבִיב grain in the ear parched with fire, with oil and frankincense Leviticus 2:14, 15.
b. סֹלֶת fine flour with oil and frankincense Leviticus 2:1; Leviticus 6:7; elsewhere בְּלוּלָה בַּשֶּׁמֶן mingled with oil Leviticus 14:10, 21; Leviticus 23:13; Numbers 7:13 + 10 times Numbers 8:8; Numbers 15:4, 6, 9; Numbers 28:5 + 6 times Numbers 29:3, 9, 14, except sin offering of very poor where offered without oil and frankincense Leviticus 5:11-13.
c. סֹלֶת baked in an oven as חַלּוֺת perforated cakes, or רְקִיקִים flat cakes Leviticus 2:4; Leviticus 7:9; Numbers 6:15, על הַמַּחֲבַת on a flat pan Leviticus 2:5; Leviticus 6:14; Leviticus 7:9, or מַרְחֶשֶׁת frying pan Leviticus 2:7; Leviticus 7:9. All these always unleavened (מַצּוֺת) and mixed with oil and salt Leviticus 2:11-13.
d. at Pentecost to consecrate new bread, מִנְחָה חֲדָשָׁה new grain offering of two loaves of leavened bread Leviticus 23:16, 17; Numbers 28:26
e. barley meal without oil or incense; מִנְחַת קְנָאֹת grain offering of jealousy, זִכָּרוֺן מ׳ Numbers 5:15, 18, 25. compare phrases מִנְחַת הַבֹּקֶר morning oblation Exodus 29:41; Numbers 28:8; קָרְבַּן מ׳ Leviticus 2:1, 4, 13; בִּכּוּרִים מ׳ Leviticus 2:14; מִּתִּים מ׳ Leviticus 6:14.
6..verbs of offering are הֵבִיא Genesis 4:3 (J), Leviticus 2:2, 8 (P), Isaiah 1:13; Isaiah 66:20 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 17:26; Malachi 1:13; הִקְרִיב Leviticus 2:1, 8, 11; Leviticus 6:7; Numbers 5:25; עשׂה Numbers 6:17; Numbers 28:31; 1 Kings 8:64 2 Chronicles 7:7; Ezekiel 45:24; Ezekiel 46:7, 14, 15; הקטיר 2 Kings 16:13, 15; Jeremiah 33:18; העלה Isaiah 57:6; Isaiah 66:3; Jeremiah 14:12; הגישׁ Amos 5:25; Malachi 2:12; Malachi 3:3; הוביל Zephaniah 3:10; נשׂא Psalm 96:8, also (מ׳ = tribute) 2 Samuel 8:2, 6 and ||.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H4504.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:3; 4:3; 4:3; 4:4; 4:5; 32:14; 32:19; 32:21; 32:22; 33:10; 33:10; 43:11; 43:15; 43:25; 43:26

Exodus

29:41; 30:9; 40:29

Leviticus

2:1; 2:1; 2:1; 2:2; 2:4; 2:4; 2:5; 2:7; 2:7; 2:8; 2:8; 2:11; 2:11; 2:12; 2:13; 2:13; 2:14; 2:14; 2:15; 5:11; 5:12; 5:13; 6:7; 6:7; 6:13; 6:14; 6:14; 7:9; 7:9; 7:9; 7:37; 14:10; 14:21; 23:13; 23:16; 23:17; 23:37

Numbers

4:16; 5:15; 5:18; 5:25; 5:25; 6:15; 6:17; 7:13; 8:8; 15:4; 15:6; 15:9; 16:15; 18:9; 28:5; 28:8; 28:26; 28:31; 29:3; 29:9; 29:14; 29:39; 29:39

Judges

3:15; 3:17; 3:18; 3:22; 6:18; 13:19; 13:23

1 Samuel

2:17; 2:29; 2:29; 2:29; 3:14; 10:27; 26:19

2 Samuel

8:2; 8:2; 8:6; 8:6

1 Kings

5:1; 8:64; 8:64; 10:25; 18:29; 18:36

2 Kings

3:20; 8:8; 8:9; 16:13; 16:13; 16:15; 16:15; 16:15; 17:3; 17:4; 20:12

1 Chronicles

18:2; 18:6; 21:23; 23:29

2 Chronicles

7:7; 7:7; 9:24; 17:5; 17:11; 26:8; 32:23

Ezra

9:4; 9:5

Nehemiah

10:34; 13:5; 13:9

Psalms

20:4; 20:4; 40:7; 45:13; 72:10; 96:8; 96:8; 141:2

Isaiah

1:13; 1:13; 19:21; 39:1; 43:23; 57:6; 57:6; 66:3; 66:3; 66:20; 66:20

Jeremiah

14:12; 14:12; 17:26; 17:26; 33:18; 33:18; 41:5; 41:5

Ezekiel

42:13; 44:29; 45:15; 45:17; 45:24; 45:24; 45:25; 46:5; 46:7; 46:7; 46:11; 46:14; 46:14; 46:14; 46:15; 46:15; 46:20

Daniel

9:21; 9:27

Hosea

10:6

Amos

5:22; 5:22; 5:25

Zephaniah

3:10; 3:10

Malachi

1:10; 1:11; 1:13; 1:13; 2:12; 2:12; 2:13; 3:3; 3:3; 3:4

H4503

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4503 matches the Hebrew מִנְחָה (minḥâ),
which occurs 211 times in 194 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 4:3–Num 5:15)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:3 - And after a time, Cain gave to the Lord an offering of the fruits of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:4 - And Abel gave an offering of the young lambs of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord was pleased with Abel's offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:5 - But in Cain and his offering he had no pleasure. And Cain was angry and his face became sad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:13 - Then he put up his tent there for the night; and from among his goods he took, as an offering for his brother Esau,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:18 - Then say to him, These are your servant Jacob's; they are an offering for my lord, for Esau; and he himself is coming after us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:20 - And you are to say further, Jacob, your servant, is coming after us. For he said to himself, I will take away his wrath by the offering which I have sent on, and then I will come before him: it may be that I will have grace in his eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:21 - So the servants with the offerings went on in front, and he himself took his rest that night in the tents with his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:10 - And Jacob said, Not so; but if I have grace in your eyes, take them as a sign of my love, for I have seen your face as one may see the face of God, and you have been pleased with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:11 - Then their father Israel said to them, If it has to be so, then do this: take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels to give the man, perfumes and honey and spices and nuts:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:15 - So they took what their father said for the man, and twice as much money in their hands, and Benjamin, and went on their journey to Egypt, and came before Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:25 - And they got ready the things for Joseph before he came in the middle of the day: for word was given to them that they were to have a meal there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:26 - And when Joseph came in, they gave him the things which they had for him, and went down to the earth before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:41 - And the other lamb is to be offered in the evening, and with it the same meal offering and drink offering, for a sweet smell, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:9 - No strange perfume, no burned offering or meal offering, and no drink offering is to be offered on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:29 - And at the door of the House of the Tent of meeting, he put the altar of burned offerings, offering on it the burned offering and the meal offering, as the Lord had given him orders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:1 - And when anyone makes a meal offering to the Lord, let his offering be of the best meal, with oil on it and perfume:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:3 - And the rest of the meal offering will be for Aaron and his sons; it is most holy among the Lord's fire offerings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:4 - And when you give a meal offering cooked in the oven, let it be of unleavened cakes of the best meal mixed with oil, or thin unleavened cakes covered with oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:5 - And if you give a meal offering cooked on a flat plate, let it be of the best meal, unleavened and mixed with oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:6 - Let it be broken into bits, and put oil on it; it is a meal offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:7 - And if your offering is of meal cooked in fat over the fire, let it be made of the best meal mixed with oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:8 - And you are to give the meal offering made of these things to the Lord, and let the priest take it to the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:9 - And he is to take from the meal offering a part, for a sign, burning it on the altar; an offering made by fire for a sweet smell to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:10 - And the rest of the meal offering will be for Aaron and his sons; it is most holy among the Lord's fire offerings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:11 - No meal offering which you give to the Lord is to be made with leaven; no leaven or honey is to be burned as an offering made by fire to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:13 - And every meal offering is to be salted with salt; your meal offering is not to be without the salt of the agreement of your God: with all your offerings give salt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:14 - And if you give a meal offering of first-fruits to the Lord, give, as your offering of first-fruits, new grain, made dry with fire, crushed new grain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:15 - And put oil on it and perfume: it is a meal offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:13 - And the priest will take away his sin and he will have forgiveness: and the rest of the offering will be the priest's, in the same way as the meal offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:14 - And this is the law for the meal offering: it is to be offered to the Lord before the altar by the sons of Aaron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:15 - The priest is to take in his hand some of the meal of the meal offering and of the oil of it, and all the perfume on it, burning it on the altar as a sign, for a sweet smell to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:20 - This is the offering which Aaron and his sons are to make to the Lord on the day when he is made a priest: the tenth part of an ephah of the best meal for a meal offering for ever; half of it in the morning and half in the evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:21 - Let it be made with oil on a flat plate; when it is well mixed and cooked, let it be broken and taken in as a meal offering, for a sweet smell to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:23 - Every meal offering offered for the priest is to be completely burned: nothing of it is to be taken for food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:9 - And every meal offering which is cooked in the oven and everything made in a cooking pot or on a flat plate, is for the priest by whom it is offered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:10 - And every meal offering, mixed with oil or dry, is for all the sons of Aaron in equal measure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:37 - These are the laws for the burned offering, the meal offering, and the offering for wrongdoing; and for the making of priests, and for the giving of peace-offerings;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:4 - And an ox and a male sheep for peace-offerings, to be put to death before the Lord; and a meal offering mixed with oil: for this day you are to see the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:17 - And he put the meal offering before the Lord, and taking some of it in his hand he had it burned on the altar, separately from the burned offering of the morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:12 - And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons who were still living, Take the rest of the meal offering from the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and take it for your food, without leaven, at the side of the altar, for it is most holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:10 - And on the eighth day let him take two male lambs, without any marks on them, and one female lamb of the first year, without a mark, and three tenth parts of an ephah of the best meal, mixed with oil, and one log of oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:20 - And the priest is to have the burned offering and the meal offering burned on the altar; and the priest will take away his sin and he will be clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:21 - And if he is poor and not able to get so much, then he may take one male lamb as an offering for wrongdoing, to be waved to take away his sin, and one tenth part of an ephah of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering, and a log of oil;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:31 - And of these, he will give one for a sin-offering and one for a burned offering, with the meal offering; and the priest will take away the sin of him who is to be made clean before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:13 - And let the meal offering with it be two tenth parts of an ephah of the best meal mixed with oil, an offering made by fire to the Lord for a sweet smell; and the drink offering with it is to be of wine, the fourth part of a hin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:16 - Let fifty days be numbered, to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you are to give a new meal offering to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:18 - And with the bread, take seven lambs of the first year, without any marks, and one ox and two male sheep, to be a burned offering to the Lord, with their meal offering and their drink offerings, an offering of a sweet smell made by fire to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:37 - These are the fixed feasts of the Lord, to be kept by you as holy days of worship, for making an offering by fire to the Lord; a burned offering, a meal offering, an offering of beasts, and drink offerings; every one on its special day;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:16 - And Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, is to be responsible for the oil for the light, and the sweet perfumes for burning, and the regular meal offering, and the holy oil; the House and the holy place and everything in it will be in his care.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:15 - Then let him take her to the priest, offering for her the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal, without oil or perfume; for it is a meal offering of a bitter spirit, a meal offering keeping wrongdoing in mind.

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