What Does Leviticus 6:15 Mean?
And he shall take from it his fistful of the fine flour of the gift, and of its oil, and all the white resin which is upon the gift, and shall burn it upon the altar for a scent that settles, even its remembrance, to the LORD.
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King James wording
King James Version
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.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.
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 you will set the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the children of Israel, and Aaron will carry their names before the LORD on his two shoulders, for a remembrance.Let my prayer be set before you as smoke, and the lifting of my palms as the evening offering.And when he stretched his gaze upon him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your acts of compassion have come up as a memorial before God.THE THREAD
And the priest takes a fistful of the offering, even its remembrance, and sends it up in smoke upon the altar, and afterward causes the woman to drink the water.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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