Leviticus 2:12 - The Scriptures 1998

¹² ‘Bring them to יהוה  as an offering of the first-fruits, but they are not burned on the altar for a sweet fragrance.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² As an offering of firstfruits you may offer leaven and honey to the Lord, but they shall not be burned on the altar for a sweet odor [to the Lord, for their aid to fermentation is symbolic of corruption in the human heart].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² As an oblation of first-fruits ye shall offer them unto Jehovah: but they shall not come up for a sweet savor on the altar.

Common English Bible

¹² You can present those as first-choice offerings to the LORD, but they must not be entirely burned up on the altar as a soothing smell.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² You shall offer only the first-fruits of these along with the gifts. Yet truly, these shall not be placed upon the altar as an odor of sweetness.

Leviticus 2:12 Cross References

Genesis 23:17

Thus the field of Ephron which was in Maḵ

2 Chronicles 31:5

And as the word spread, the children of Yisra’ĕ

Exodus 22:29

“Do not delay giving your harvest and your vintage. Give Me the first-born of your sons.

Exodus 23:19

“Bring the first of the first-fruits of your land into the House of יהוה  your Elohim. Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Exodus 34:22

“And perform the Festival of Weeks for yourself, of the first-fruits of wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the year.

Leviticus 23:10

“Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕ

Leviticus 23:17

‘Bring from your dwellings for a wave offering two loaves of bread, of two-tenths of an ĕ

Leviticus 7:13

‘Besides the cakes, he brings as his offering leavened bread together with the slaughtering of thanksgiving of his peace offering.

Numbers 15:20

‘Present a cake of the first of your dough as a contribution – as a contribution of the threshing-floor you present it.

Numbers 18:12

“All the best of the oil, and all the best of the new wine and the grain – their first-fruits which they give to יהוה  – I have given them to you.

1 Corinthians 15:20

But now Messiah has been raised from the dead, and has become the first-fruit of those having fallen asleep.

Deuteronomy 26:10

‘And now, see, I have brought the first-fruits of the land which You, O יהוה, have given me.’ Then you shall place it before יהוה  your Elohim, and bow down before יהוה  your Elohim,

Revelation 14:4

They are those who were not defiled with women, for they are maidens. They are those following the Lamb wherever He leads them on. They were redeemed from among men, being first-fruits to Elohim and to the Lamb.