The. holie. Bible. conteynyng the olde Testament and the newe.

¶The .ij. Chapter.

1 The order of meate offerynges. 4 Of bread baken. 11 There shalbe no leuen in any offeryng. 13 All meate offerynges must be seasoned with salt.

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1 THe soule that will offer [unspec A] a meate offeryng vnto the Lorde, his offering shalbe of fine flowre: and he shall poure oyle vpon it, and put fran∣kensence theron:

2 And shal bring it vnto Aarons sonnes the priestes: And he shall take therout his handfull of the flowre, & of the oyle with all the frankensence, and the priest shall burne it for a memoriall of hym vpon the aulter, to be an offeryng made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde.

3 And the remnaunt of the meate offe∣ryng shalbe Aarons and his sonnes, a thyng most (a) 1.2 holy of the sacrifices of the Lorde, made by fire.

4 If thou bryng also a meate offeryng that is baken in the ouen, let it be an vn∣leauened cake of fine flowre myngled with oyle, or an vnleauened wafer an∣noynted with oyle.

5 If thy meate offeryng be baken in the frying pan, it shalbe of vnleauened flowre myngled with oyle.

[unspec B] 6 And thou shalt part it in peeces, and powre oyle thereon: that it may be a meate offeryng.

7 And yf thy meate offeryng be a thyng broyled vpon the grediron, let it be of flowre myngled with oyle.

8 And thou shalt bryng the meate offe∣ryng that is made of these thinges vnto the lord, & shalt deliuer it vnto the priest, that he may offer it vpon the aulter.

9

And the priest shall take from the [unspec C] meate offeryng a memoriall therof, and shall burne it vpon the aulter: that it may be a burnt offeryng for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde.

10

And that which is left of the meate offeryng, shalbe Aarons & his sonnes: It is a thyng moste holye of the offe∣rynges of the Lorde made by fire.

11

All the meate offerynges which ye shal bryng vnto the Lorde, shalbe made without leauen: For ye shall neither burne leauen nor (b) 1.3 hony in any offering of the Lorde made by fire.

12

In the oblation of the first fruites ye shall offer them vnto the Lorde: but they shall not be burnt vpon the aulter for a sweete sauour.

13

* 1.4 All the meate offerynges also shalt thou season with salt, neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the couenaunt of thy God to be lackyng from thy meate offe∣ryng: [unspec D] but vpon all thyne offerynges thou shalt bryng (c) 1.5salt.

14

And yf thou offer a meate offeryng of the first fruites vnto the Lorde, thou shalt offer for the meate offeryng of thy first fruites, eares of corne dryed by the fire [euen] beaten wheate, of full eares.

15

And thou shalt put oyle vpon it, and lay frankensence theron: that it may be a meate offeryng.

16

And the priest shall burne part of the beaten corne, and part of that oyle with al the franckensence, for a remēbraunce: and it shalbe a sacrifice vnto the Lorde made by fire.

Notes

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• (a) 1.2

  Because it doth remayne of that which was burnt in the honour of God, and ther¦fore myght not be eaten but of the ho∣ly, that is, the priestes.
• (b) 1.3

  That is, all maner of fruit as sweet as hony: as fygges, dates and such lyke. Of these no∣thyng myght be burned, but kept only to be offered be∣fore God.
• * 1.4

  Math. v. b. Mark. ix. g.
• (c) 1.5

  By this ceremonie is the nature of Christe set foorth, which is figured in all sacrifices. For Christ is the true and heauenly salt, by whom all that beleue in hym, be made sauourie and pleasaunt vn∣to God the fa∣ther, so that they shall ne∣uer so putrifie that they shal peryshe.