Lev 2:14 And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, [even] corn beaten out of full ears. Ver. 14. Green ears of corn. ] To signify that God should be served with the firstfruits of our age, the primrose of our childhood. read more
a meat offering: These first fruits seem to have been the voluntary oblation brought by individuals, of the finest ears of corn out of the field, before the harvest was ripe. Leviticus 22:29, Leviticus 23:10, Leviticus 23:14-Esther :, Leviticus 23:20, Genesis 4:3, Numbers 28:2, Deuteronomy 26:2, Proverbs 3:9, Proverbs 3:10, Isaiah 53:2-2 Samuel :, Malachi 1:11, 1 Corinthians 15:20, Revelation 14:4 corn beaten: 2 Kings 4:42 Reciprocal: Leviticus 23:13 - the meat Numbers 15:20 - the heave... read more
And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears.First-fruits — Of thine own free-will; for there were other first-fruits, and that of several sorts, which were prescribed, and the time, quality, and proportion of them appointed by God. read more
14. Green ears of corn This refers chiefly to wheat and barley, the heads of which are called ears. Indian corn was unknown. Dried by the fire In order to be broken into groats by grinding, as the Seventy have rendered it, the green grain first harvested for the oblation must be dried. Says Adam Clarke: “As God is represented as keeping a table among his people, so he represents himself as partaking with them of all the ailments that were in use, even sitting down with the poor ... read more
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The Biblical Illustrator - Leviticus 2:1-16
Leviticus 2:1-16A meat-offering. The meat-offeringIt is only when we have received Christ in His character of a sacrifice for our sins, that we are in a condition to render ourselves a living sacrifice, so as to be acceptable to God. The meat-offering illustrates the second great step in the process of salvation.I. The Jew, for the substance of his meat-offering, was directed to bring fine flour, or cakes or wafers of fine flour, or fine flour baked on a plate, or fine flour fried in oil, or... read more