What Does Leviticus 6:15 Mean in the King James?

And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the memorial of it, unto the LORD.

Leviticus 6:15 · KJV

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King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

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THE KEY

The handful is remembrance made tangible: it rises from the altar as the offering’s memorial before the LORD.

THE MEANING

A measured handful of flour with its oil and all its frankincense is burned on the altar as a pleasing aroma and memorial to the LORD. The offering’s remembrance takes a tangible form: a portion gathered from the whole, then given over to the fire.

THE ROOT

אַזְכָּרָתָהּ

azkaratah

GROWS FROM

זכר

Remember; call to mind.

“memorial” in this verse is azkaratah. The root means to remember or call to mind, and the verse uses it for the handful set apart from the offering. Remembrance takes material form here: the offering is presented as something brought to mind before the LORD.

ALSO GROWS

zakar: Remember; call to mind.

זָכַר

This verb names the action behind the memorial: the offering is presented as a remembrance before the LORD.

zikkaron: Remembrance; memorial.

זִכָּרוֹן

This noun carries the same root into another form, linking the burned handful with an enduring act of remembrance.

THE PATTERN

A portion or act placed before God becomes a memorial that rises from what is given.

And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.

Exodus 28:12 · KJVNames are carried on stones as a memorial before the LORD, making remembrance visible in a physical offering.

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Psalm 141:2 · KJVPrayer and lifted hands are pictured as offerings set before God, echoing the tangible act that rises from the altar.

And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.

Acts 10:4 · KJVPrayers and acts of giving become a memorial before God, carrying the offering pattern into daily acts.

THE THREAD

And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.

Numbers 5:26 · KJV

Numbers uses ⁨אַזְכָּרָתָהּ⁩ (azkaratah, her memorial portion), rooted in ⁨זכר⁩ (zakar, remember), for a handful burned from another grain offering. Its placement within the ordeal involving the woman keeps the memorial concrete as a portion taken and burned.

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