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Leviticus 9:21

And Aaron took the breasts and the right leg, waving them for a wave offering before the Lord, as Moses gave orders.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Israel;   Offerings;   Symbols and Similitudes;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Wave-Offering;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Wave Offerings;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Sacrifice;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Leviticus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leg;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Wave Offering;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Events of the Encampment;   Priesthood, the;   Worship, the;   On to Canaan;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
and the breasts and the right thigh Aharon waved for a wave offering before the LORD, as Moshe commanded.
King James Version
And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the Lord ; as Moses commanded.
Lexham English Bible
Then Aaron waved the breast sections and the right upper thigh as a wave offering before Yahweh, just as Moses had commanded.
New Century Version
He presented the breasts and the right thigh before the Lord as the priests' share of the offering, as Moses had commanded.
New English Translation
Finally Aaron waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before the Lord just as Moses had commanded.
Amplified Bible
But the breasts and the right thigh Aaron presented as a wave offering before the LORD, just as Moses had commanded.
New American Standard Bible
But the breasts and the right thigh Aaron presented as a wave offering before the LORD, just as Moses had commanded.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But the breastes and the ryght shoulder Aaron shooke to and fro before the Lord, as the Lord had commaunded Moses.
Legacy Standard Bible
But the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved as a wave offering before Yahweh, just as Moses had commanded.
Contemporary English Version
Then Aaron burned the fat on the altar and lifted up the ribs and the right hind leg to show that these were dedicated to the Lord . This was done just as the Lord had instructed Moses.
Complete Jewish Bible
The breasts and right thigh Aharon waved as a wave offering before Adonai , as Moshe had ordered.
Darby Translation
and the breast-pieces and the right shoulder Aaron waved as a wave-offering before Jehovah, as Moses had commanded.
Easy-to-Read Version
He lifted the breasts and the gift of the right thigh to show he was offering them before the Lord , just as Moses had commanded.
English Standard Version
but the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave offering before the Lord , as Moses commanded.
George Lamsa Translation
And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded.
Good News Translation
and presented the breasts and the right hind legs as the special gift to the Lord for the priests, as Moses had commanded.
Christian Standard Bible®
but he presented the breasts and the right thigh as a presentation offering before the Lord, as Moses had commanded.
Literal Translation
And Aaron waved the breasts, and the right leg as a wave offering before Jehovah, as Moses commanded.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the brest and the right shulder waued Aaron for a Waueofferynge before the LORDE, as the LORDE commaunded Moses.
American Standard Version
and the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave-offering before Jehovah; as Moses commanded.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But the breastes and the ryght shoulder, Aaron waued for a waue offering before the Lorde, as the Lorde commaunded Moyses.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave-offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded.
King James Version (1611)
And the breasts and the right shoulder, Aaron waued for a waue offering before the Lord, as Moses commanded.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Aaron separated the breast and the right shoulder as a choice-offering before the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
English Revised Version
and the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded.
Berean Standard Bible
but he waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before the LORD, as Moses had commanded.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Aaron departide the brestis, and the riyt schuldris of tho, and reiside bifor the Lord, as Moises comaundide.
Young's Literal Translation
and the breasts, and the right leg hath Aaron waved -- a wave-offering before Jehovah, as He hath commanded Moses.
Update Bible Version
and the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave-offering before Yahweh; as Moses commanded.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved [for] a wave-offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded.
World English Bible
and the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave offering before Yahweh, as Moses commanded.
New King James Version
but the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved as a wave offering before the LORD, as Moses had commanded.
New Living Translation
Aaron then lifted up the breasts and right thighs as a special offering to the Lord , just as Moses had commanded.
New Life Bible
But Aaron gave the breasts and the right thigh as a wave gift before the Lord, just as Moses had said.
New Revised Standard
and the breasts and the right thigh Aaron raised as an elevation offering before the Lord , as Moses had commanded.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
but the breasts and the right shoulder, did Aaron wave as a wave-offering, before Yahweh, - as Moses commanded,
Douay-Rheims Bible
Aaron separated their breasts, and the right shoulders, elevating them before the Lord, as Moses had commanded.
Revised Standard Version
but the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But the breasts and the right thigh Aaron presented as a wave offering before the LORD, just as Moses had commanded.

Contextual Overview

8 So Aaron came near to the altar and put to death the ox for the sin-offering for himself; 9 And the sons of Aaron gave him the blood and he put his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the altar, draining out the blood at the base of the altar; 10 But the fat and the kidneys and the fat on the liver of the sin-offering were burned by him on the altar as the Lord gave orders to Moses. 11 And the flesh and the skin were burned with fire outside the tent-circle; 12 And he put to death the burned offering; and Aaron's sons gave him the blood and he put some of it on and round the altar; 13 And they gave him the parts of the burned offering, in their order, and the head, to be burned on the altar. 14 And the inside parts and the legs, when they had been washed with water, were burned on the burned offering on the altar. 15 And he made an offering for the people and took the goat of the sin-offering for the people and put it to death, offering it for sin, in the same way as the first. 16 And he took the burned offering, offering it in the ordered way; 17 And he put the meal offering before the Lord, and taking some of it in his hand he had it burned on the altar, separately from the burned offering of the morning.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the breasts: Leviticus 7:24, Leviticus 7:26, Leviticus 7:30-34, Exodus 29:27, Exodus 29:28, Isaiah 49:3, Luke 2:13, 1 Peter 4:11

as Moses commanded: The Samaritan text, and thirty manuscripts have, kaasher tzivvah yehowah eth Moshe, "as Jehovah commanded Moses;" which is also the reading of the LXX, Arabic, and Targum of Onkelos, and seems to be the true reading, being supported, not only by these authorities, but by the whole chapter itself.

Reciprocal: Exodus 29:22 - right shoulder Exodus 29:24 - a wave Leviticus 7:32 - General Leviticus 10:14 - General Leviticus 23:11 - General Numbers 6:20 - the priest shall

Cross-References

Genesis 6:9
These are the generations of Noah. Noah was an upright man and without sin in his generation: he went in the ways of God.
Genesis 9:3
Every living and moving thing will be food for you; I give them all to you as before I gave you all green things.
Genesis 9:4
But flesh with the life-blood in it you may not take for food.
Genesis 9:15
And I will keep in mind the agreement between me and you and every living thing; and never again will there be a great flow of waters causing destruction to all flesh.
Genesis 9:16
And the bow will be in the cloud, and looking on it, I will keep in mind the eternal agreement between God and every living thing on the earth.
Proverbs 20:1
Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.
Ecclesiastes 7:20
There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.
Romans 13:13
With right behaviour as in the day; not in pleasure-making and drinking, not in bad company and unclean behaviour, not in fighting and envy.
1 Corinthians 10:12
So let him who seems to himself to be safe go in fear of a fall.
Galatians 5:21
Envy, uncontrolled drinking and feasting, and such things: of which I give you word clearly, even as I did in the past, that they who do such things will have no part in the kingdom of God.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the breasts and the right shoulder,.... The breasts of the bullock and the ram, and the right shoulders of them both:

Aaron waved for a wave offering before the Lord; which was given to him as his part of the peace offerings, after they had been thus waved before the Lord; whereby an acknowledgment was made that he was Lord of all, and had a right to all they had; in token of which these parts were given to his priests towards their maintenance:

as Moses commanded; see Exodus 29:27.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In this first complete series of offerings made by the high priest, the sacrifices take their appointed order; first, the sin-offering to make atonement; then the burnt-offering, to signify the surrender of the body, soul and spirit to Yahweh in heaven; and lastly the peace-offering, to show forth the communion vouchsafed to those who are justified and sanctified. See Leviticus 8:14 note.


 
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