General Ritual. The term used here for meal offering was originally used for any present, either to God or man (Genesis 4:3; Genesis 32:14); in P it is confined to vegetable offerings. The material was most probably a somewhat coarse meal, as that used by the Arabs for their sacrifices. Oil is the natural Heb. accompaniment of a baked flour cake. Part of the offering belongs to Yahweh (i.e. must be burnt), part to the priests; this is the case with all offerings classed as most holy (holy in the first class). A holy thing (holy in the second class) could be eaten by a layman, but not by a foreigner (cf. Leviticus 22:10). Sin and guilt offerings could not be eaten at all The actual proportion to be given to Yahweh is not stated, nor the amount to be offered; contrast the measurements in regard to the High Priest's offering in Leviticus 6:20.
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Leviticus 2:1-3
1 And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:
2 And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD:
3 And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.