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sacrifices : but honey was never offered with sacri- 

 fices ; though it might be presented alone, as first- 

 fruits.* 



*' There were five sorts of offerings called Mincha 

 {Minkheli) or Corban Mincha t: 1. — Fine flour or 

 meal. 2. Cakes of several sorts, baked in the oven. 

 3. Cakes baked on a plate. 4. Another sort of cakes, 

 baked on a plate with holes in it. 5. The firstfruits 

 of the new corn ; wliich were offered either pure and 

 without mixture, roasted, or parched, either in the 

 ear, or out of the ear. The cakes were kneaded with 

 olive oil, fried in a pan, or only dipped in oil after 

 they were baked. The bread offered to the altar 

 was without leaven, for leaven was never offered on 

 the altar, nor with the sacrifices t; but they might 

 make presents of common bread to the priests and 

 ministers of the temple. These offerings were ap- 

 pointed in favour of the poor, who could not afford 

 the charge of sacrificing animals ; though, when 

 living victims were offered, they were not excused 

 from giving meal, wine, and salt, as an accompani- 

 ment to the greater sacrifices. Those who made 

 oblations of bread, or of meal, presented also oil, 

 incense, salt, and wine, which were in a mannei- 

 their seasoning. The priest in waiting received the 

 offerings from the hand of him who brought them, 

 laid a part on the altar, and reserved the rest for his 

 own subsistence, as a minister of the Lord. Notliing 

 was wholly burnt up but the incense, of which the 

 priest retained none.§ When an Israelite offered 



* Levit. ii. 1), 12. f Lcvit. ii. !. 



X Levit. ii. 11. ^ T^A- Lcvit. ii. 2. 10. Niimh. w. 4, 5. 



