Leviticus 2 (MSG)

16 verses · The Message · Contemporary paraphrase

The Message by Eugene Peterson presents the Bible in the rhythms and idioms of contemporary American English. More than a translation, it is a paraphrase designed to help readers experience Scripture's impact as if hearing it for the first time.

Leviticus Chapter 2 contains 16 verses and is presented here in the The Message (MSG), which uses a contemporary paraphrase approach. Read the full text below, compare with other translations, or navigate to any of the 27 chapters in Leviticus.

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1"When you present a Grain-Offering to God, use fine flour. Pour oil on it, put incense on it,

2and bring it to Aaron's sons, the priests. One of them will take a handful of the fine flour and oil, with all the incense, and burn it on the Altar for a memorial: a Fire-Gift, a pleasing fragrance to God.

3The rest of the Grain-Offering is for Aaron and his sons—a most holy part of the Fire-Gifts to God.

4"When you present a Grain-Offering of oven-baked loaves, use fine flour, mixed with oil but no yeast. Or present wafers made without yeast and spread with oil.

5"If you bring a Grain-Offering cooked on a griddle, use fine flour mixed with oil but without yeast.

6Crumble it and pour oil on it—it's a Grain-Offering.

7"If you bring a Grain-Offering deep-fried in a pan, make it of fine flour with oil.

8"Bring the Grain-Offering you make from these ingredients and present it to the priest. He will bring it to the Altar,

9break off a memorial piece from the Grain-Offering, and burn it on the Altar: a Fire-Gift, a pleasing fragrance to God.

10The rest of the Grain-Offering is for Aaron and his sons—a most holy part of the gifts to God.

11"All the Grain-Offerings that you present to God must be made without yeast; you must never burn any yeast or honey as a Fire-Gift to God.

12You may offer them to God as an offering of firstfruits but not on the Altar as a pleasing fragrance.

13Season every presentation of your Grain-Offering with salt. Don't leave the salt of the covenant with your God out of your Grain-Offerings. Present all your offerings with salt.

14"If you present a Grain-Offering of firstfruits to God, bring crushed heads of the new grain roasted.

15Put oil and incense on it—it's a Grain-Offering.

16The priest will burn some of the mixed grain and oil with all the incense as a memorial—a Fire-Gift to God.

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About This Translation

What is Leviticus 2 in the MSG?

Leviticus 2 in the The Message (MSG) contains 16 verses. The MSG uses a contemporary paraphrase approach, first published in 2002.

How does the MSG translate Leviticus 2 differently?

The The Message uses contemporary paraphrase, rendering the text as a modern paraphrase in contemporary idioms. Compare this with the NIV (dynamic equivalence) version of Leviticus 2 for a different perspective.

How many verses are in Leviticus 2 (MSG)?

Leviticus Chapter 2 contains 16 verses in the The Message. The book of Leviticus has 27 chapters total.

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