Verse 3

Over time, Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the LORD.

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 18:12 : 12 'I give you the finest olive oil, new wine, and grain—the firstfruits they offer to the LORD.'
  • Lev 2:1-9 : 1 When anyone presents a grain offering to the LORD, their offering is to be of fine flour. They are to pour oil on it and put frankincense on it. 2 They are to bring it to Aaron's sons, the priests. One of the priests will take a handful of the flour and oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn this as a memorial portion on the altar, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. 3 The rest of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD. 4 If you bring a grain offering baked in an oven, it is to consist of fine flour: either loaves made without yeast and mixed with oil or wafers made without yeast and spread with oil. 5 If your grain offering is prepared on a griddle, it is to be made of fine flour mixed with oil and without yeast. 6 Crumble it into pieces and pour oil over it; it is a grain offering. 7 If your grain offering is cooked in a pan, it is to be made of fine flour and oil. 8 Bring the grain offering made from these things to the LORD. Present it to the priest, who shall take it to the altar. 9 The priest shall take a portion of the grain offering as its memorial portion and burn it on the altar. It is an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. 10 The rest of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD. 11 Every grain offering you bring to the LORD must be made without yeast, for you are not to burn any yeast or honey as an offering made by fire to the LORD.
  • Neh 13:6 : 6 While all of this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I had returned to the king. Some time later, I asked the king for permission to leave.