Leviticus 2: Group Study Handout

How to use: read Leviticus 2 aloud together, then take the questions in order. One page is enough for an evening.

Overview

When anyone offers a meal offering to Yahweh, it shall be made of fine flour, with oil and frankincense poured on it (vv. 1-2). The priest takes a handful as a memorial and burns it on the altar, while the remainder is for Aaron and his sons (v.

Key verse

“Every offering of your meal offering you shall season with salt. You shall not allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your meal offering. With all your offerings you shall offer salt.”
Leviticus 2:13 (WEB)

Outline

Leviticus 2:1–2 Instructions for Grain Offerings
Leviticus 2:3 Priestly Share of Offerings
Leviticus 2:4–6 Forms of Grain Offerings
Leviticus 2:7–8 Presentation to the Priest
Leviticus 2:9–10 Burning the Memorial Portion
Leviticus 2:11–12 Prohibitions on Ingredients
Leviticus 2:13–16 Significance of Salt and First Fruits

Discussion questions

In v2, what does the priest do with the 'memorial' from the meal offering?
What are the offerings made of fine flour in vv. 4-7?
The phrase 'most holy' in vv. 3 and 10: why is the meal offering designated this way?
Why is leaven prohibited in offerings according to v11?
When have you prepared a 'meal offering' of gratitude, as described in this chapter?

Go deeper

Passages that echo Leviticus 2: Matthew 5, Leviticus 6, Leviticus 7.

Before next time: read Leviticus 3.