Arcana Coelestia # 7726
7726. 'You must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt offerings' means that they must leave alone all the means through which worship must be offered. This is clear from the meaning of 'giving into the hand' as leaving alone, for 'hand' means power, and therefore 'giving into the hand' means surrendering to their power, thus leaving them alone; and from the meaning of 'sacrifices and burnt offerings' as worship in general, thus the whole of worship, dealt with in 923, 6905. The reason why' sacrifices and burnt offerings' means the whole of worship is that sacrifices were the chief means through which Divine worship was offered, as becomes clear from the Books of Moses. For what has been shown already regarding sacrifices, see 922, 923, 1128, 1343, 1823, 2165, 2180, 2187, 2776, 2784, 2805, 2807, 2812, 2818, 2830, 3519, 6905.
Leviticus 2
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"'When anyone offers an offering of a meal offering to Yahweh, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil on it, and put frankincense on it.
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He shall bring it to Aaron's sons, the priests; and he shall take his handful of its fine flour, and of its oil, with all its frankincense; and the priest shall burn its memorial on the altar, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
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That which is left of the meal offering shall be Aaron's and his sons'. It is a most holy thing of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire.
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"'When you offer an offering of a meal offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.
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If your offering is a meal offering of the griddle, it shall be of unleavened fine flour, mixed with oil.
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You shall cut it in pieces, and pour oil on it. It is a meal offering.
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If your offering is a meal offering of the pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.
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You shall bring the meal offering that is made of these things to Yahweh: and it shall be presented to the priest, and he shall bring it to the altar.
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The priest shall take from the meal offering its memorial, and shall burn it on the altar, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
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That which is left of the meal offering shall be Aaron's and his sons'. It is a thing most holy of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire.
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"'No meal offering, which you shall offer to Yahweh, shall be made with yeast; for you shall burn no yeast, nor any honey, as an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
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As an offering of firstfruits you shall offer them to Yahweh: but they shall not ascend for a pleasant aroma on the altar.
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Every offering of your meal offering you shall season with salt; neither shall you allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your meal offering. With all your offerings you shall offer salt.
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"'If you offer a meal offering of first fruits to Yahweh, you shall offer for the meal offering of your first fruits grain in the ear parched with fire, bruised grain of the fresh ear.
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You shall put oil on it, and lay frankincense on it: it is a meal offering.
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The priest shall burn as its memorial, part of its bruised grain, and part of its oil, along with all its frankincense: it is an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
