New International Reader's Version

Leviticus 2:5-15 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

5. If your grain offering is grilled on a metal plate, make it out of fine flour. Mix it with oil. Make it without yeast.

6. Break it into pieces. Pour oil on it. It is a grain offering.

7. If your grain offering is cooked in a pan, make it out of fine flour and oil.

8. " 'Bring to the Lord your grain offering that is made out of all of those things. Give it to the priest. He must take it to the altar.

9. He must take out the part of the grain offering that reminds you that all good things come from the Lord. He must burn it on the altar. It is an offering that is made with fire. It gives a smell that is pleasant to the Lord.

10. " 'The rest of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and the priests who are in his family line. It is a very holy part of the offerings that are made to the Lord with fire.

11. " 'Every grain offering you bring to the Lord must be made without yeast. You must not burn any yeast or honey in an offering that is made to the Lord with fire.

12. " 'You can bring them to the Lord as an offering of the first share of the food you gather or produce. But they must not be offered on the altar as a pleasant smell.

13. " 'Put salt on all of your grain offerings. Salt stands for the lasting covenant between you and your God. So do not leave it out of your grain offerings. Add it to all of your offerings.

14. " 'Suppose you bring to the Lord a grain offering of the first share of your food. Then offer crushed heads of your first grain that have been cooked in fire.

15. Put olive oil and incense on it. It is a grain offering.