12 (A)As an offering of first fruits you shall bring them to the Lord, but they shall not ascend as a soothing aroma on the altar.

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12 You may bring them to the Lord as an offering of the firstfruits,(A) but they are not to be offered on the altar as a pleasing aroma.

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17 You shall bring in from your dwelling places two loaves of bread as a wave offering, made of [a]two-tenths of an ephah; they shall be of a fine flour, baked (A)with leaven as first fruits to the Lord. 18 Along with the bread you shall present seven one-year-old male lambs without defect, and a bull of the herd and two rams; they are to be a burnt offering to the Lord, with their grain offering and their drink offerings, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 23:17 About 0.13 cubic feet or 0.004 cubic meters

17 From wherever you live, bring two loaves made of two-tenths of an ephah(A) of the finest flour, baked with yeast, as a wave offering of firstfruits(B) to the Lord. 18 Present with this bread seven male lambs, each a year old and without defect, one young bull and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the Lord, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings(C)—a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.

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[a]Offer a (A)thanksgiving offering also from that which is leavened,
And proclaim (B)[b]voluntary offerings, make them known.
For so you (C)love to do, you sons of Israel,”
Declares the Lord God.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 4:5 Lit Offer up in smoke
  2. Amos 4:5 Or freewill offerings

Burn leavened bread(A) as a thank offering
    and brag about your freewill offerings(B)
boast about them, you Israelites,
    for this is what you love to do,”
declares the Sovereign Lord.

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