וְנֶ֗פֶשׁ כִּֽי־תַקְרִ֞יב קָרְבַּ֤ן מִנְחָה֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה סֹ֖לֶת יִהְיֶ֣ה קָרְבָּנ֑וֹ וְיָצַ֤ק עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ שֶׁ֔מֶן וְנָתַ֥ן עָלֶ֖יהָ לְבֹנָֽה׃

When a person brings a meal offering to the Lord, of high-quality flour his offering shall be. He shall pour oil upon it and place frankincense on it.

וֶֽהֱבִיאָ֗הּ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י אַהֲרֹן֮ הַכֹּהֲנִים֒ וְקָמַ֨ץ מִשָּׁ֜ם מְלֹ֣א קֻמְצ֗וֹ מִסָּלְתָּהּ֙ וּמִשַּׁמְנָ֔הּ עַ֖ל כָּל־לְבֹנָתָ֑הּ וְהִקְטִ֨יר הַכֹּהֵ֜ן אֶת־אַזְכָּרָתָהּ֙ הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חָה אִשֵּׁ֛ה רֵ֥יחַ נִיחֹ֖חַ לַיהוָֽה׃

He shall bring it to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and he, the priest, shall take from there his handful from its high-quality flour and from its oil. The flour and oil are mixed together, and the oil is absorbed by the flour, and it is therefore possible to hold the oil in one’s hand. The priest separates the handful of flour and oil from the meal offering, and the handful is taken together with all its frankincense . The priest shall burn its memorial portion, which consists of the handful of flour and oil and all of the frankincense, on the altar as a fire offering of a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

וְהַנּוֹתֶ֙רֶת֙ מִן־הַמִּנְחָ֔ה לְאַהֲרֹ֖ן וּלְבָנָ֑יו קֹ֥דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֖ים מֵאִשֵּׁ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ (ס)

The remnant of the meal offering, everything apart from the small portion that was burned on the altar, shall be for Aaron and for his sons; it is a sacred sacrament from the fire offerings of the Lord. Although this offering is not burned on the altar in its entirety like the burnt offering, it is an important offering, considered to be of the most sacred order, and its degree of sanctity is equivalent to that of the burnt offering.

וְכִ֥י תַקְרִ֛ב קָרְבַּ֥ן מִנְחָ֖ה מַאֲפֵ֣ה תַנּ֑וּר סֹ֣לֶת חַלּ֤וֹת מַצֹּת֙ בְּלוּלֹ֣ת בַּשֶּׁ֔מֶן וּרְקִיקֵ֥י מַצּ֖וֹת מְשֻׁחִ֥ים בַּשָּֽׁמֶן׃ (ס)

Apart from the aforementioned type of meal offering, in which the flour and oil are mixed together to form a dough, there are additional types of meal offerings: When you bring a meal offering baked in the oven as a gift offering, it shall be unleavened loaves of high-quality wheat flour mixed with oil , or unleavened wafers smeared with oil .

וְאִם־מִנְחָ֥ה עַל־הַֽמַּחֲבַ֖ת קָרְבָּנֶ֑ךָ סֹ֛לֶת בְּלוּלָ֥ה בַשֶּׁ֖מֶן מַצָּ֥ה תִהְיֶֽה׃

There is another type of meal offering: If your offering is a meal offering fried in oil on a flat pan , it shall also be made of high-quality flour, mixed with oil, and it shall also be unleavened bread.

פָּת֤וֹת אֹתָהּ֙ פִּתִּ֔ים וְיָצַקְתָּ֥ עָלֶ֖יהָ שָׁ֑מֶן מִנְחָ֖ה הִֽוא׃ (ס)

Break it into small pieces, and pour oil on it a second time. It is a meal offering, and this is the manner of preparing all meal offerings.

וְאִם־מִנְחַ֥ת מַרְחֶ֖שֶׁת קָרְבָּנֶ֑ךָ סֹ֥לֶת בַּשֶּׁ֖מֶן תֵּעָשֶֽׂה׃

If your offering is a meal offering deep-fried in a deep pan, it shall also be prepared of high-quality flour with oil.

וְהֵבֵאתָ֣ אֶת־הַמִּנְחָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֧ר יֵעָשֶׂ֛ה מֵאֵ֖לֶּה לַיהוָ֑ה וְהִקְרִיבָהּ֙ אֶל־הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וְהִגִּישָׁ֖הּ אֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃

The rites of the aforementioned types of meal offerings are identical: You shall bring the meal offering that is prepared of these, either just mixed with oil, baked in an oven, or fried, to the Lord. He, the individual bringing the offering, shall bring it to the priest, and he, the priest, shall bring it to the altar. As part of the ritual, the priest is required to bring the entire meal offering in its sacred vessel to the altar.

וְהֵרִ֨ים הַכֹּהֵ֤ן מִן־הַמִּנְחָה֙ אֶת־אַזְכָּ֣רָתָ֔הּ וְהִקְטִ֖יר הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חָה אִשֵּׁ֛ה רֵ֥יחַ נִיחֹ֖חַ לַיהוָֽה׃

The priest shall separate from the meal offering its memorial portion, the handful and the frankincense, and he shall burn it upon the altar, a fire offering of a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

וְהַנּוֹתֶ֙רֶת֙ מִן־הַמִּנְחָ֔ה לְאַהֲרֹ֖ן וּלְבָנָ֑יו קֹ֥דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֖ים מֵאִשֵּׁ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

The remnant of the meal offering shall be for Aaron and for his sons; it is considered a sacred sacrament from the fire offerings of the Lord, even though it is eaten by the priests rather than being burned on the altar.

כָּל־הַמִּנְחָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר תַּקְרִ֙יבוּ֙ לַיהוָ֔ה לֹ֥א תֵעָשֶׂ֖ה חָמֵ֑ץ כִּ֤י כָל־שְׂאֹר֙ וְכָל־דְּבַ֔שׁ לֹֽא־תַקְטִ֧ירוּ מִמֶּ֛נּוּ אִשֶּׁ֖ה לַֽיהוָֽה׃

All meal offerings that you shall bring to the Lord shall not be prepared as leavened bread, for all leaven and all honey, the sweet liquid that seeps out of various fruits, you shall not burn as a fire offering to the Lord.

קָרְבַּ֥ן רֵאשִׁ֛ית תַּקְרִ֥יבוּ אֹתָ֖ם לַיהוָ֑ה וְאֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֥חַ לֹא־יַעֲל֖וּ לְרֵ֥יחַ נִיחֹֽחַ׃

Nevertheless, there are instances where leaven and honey are presented as offerings: As an offering of first fruits you shall bring them to the Lord. The two loaves brought on Shavuot, which constituted the first offering brought from the new crop of wheat, were baked as leavened bread (23:17), and the first fruits were brought near to the altar despite the fact that they contained fruit juice. Apart from the first fruits, no fruit were brought to the Temple. These offerings shall be brought to the Temple, but on the altar they shall not ascend for a pleasing aroma; they are not burned on the altar.

וְכָל־קָרְבַּ֣ן מִנְחָתְךָ֮ בַּמֶּ֣לַח תִּמְלָח֒ וְלֹ֣א תַשְׁבִּ֗ית מֶ֚לַח בְּרִ֣ית אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ מֵעַ֖ל מִנְחָתֶ֑ךָ עַ֥ל כָּל־קָרְבָּנְךָ֖ תַּקְרִ֥יב מֶֽלַח׃ (ס)

All your meal offerings you shall salt with salt; and you shall not withhold the salt of the covenant of your God from upon your meal offering. Moreover, on all your offerings you shall bring salt, not just on meal offerings.

וְאִם־תַּקְרִ֛יב מִנְחַ֥ת בִּכּוּרִ֖ים לַיהוָ֑ה אָבִ֞יב קָל֤וּי בָּאֵשׁ֙ גֶּ֣רֶשׂ כַּרְמֶ֔ל תַּקְרִ֕יב אֵ֖ת מִנְחַ֥ת בִּכּוּרֶֽיךָ׃

If, or when, you bring a meal offering of first fruits to the Lord, it shall be made of just-ripened produce, roasted in fire, ground of a moist, soft kernel. In this manner you shall bring the meal offering of your first fruits. According to the interpretation of the Sages, this is referring to the omer offering, the meal offering of barley brought on the sixteenth of Nissan, which is the first meal offering brought from the new crop of produce.

וְנָתַתָּ֤ עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ שֶׁ֔מֶן וְשַׂמְתָּ֥ עָלֶ֖יהָ לְבֹנָ֑ה מִנְחָ֖ה הִֽוא׃

You shall put oil on it, and place frankincense on it. It is a meal offering, and this is the manner of preparing a meal offering (see verse 6).

וְהִקְטִ֨יר הַכֹּהֵ֜ן אֶת־אַזְכָּרָתָ֗הּ מִגִּרְשָׂהּ֙ וּמִשַּׁמְנָ֔הּ עַ֖ל כָּל־לְבֹנָתָ֑הּ אִשֶּׁ֖ה לַיהוָֽה׃ (פ)

The priest shall burn its memorial portion, consisting of a handful from its flour and from its oil, with all its frankincense; it is a fire offering to the Lord .