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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Leviticus 9:21

but he waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before the LORD, as Moses had commanded.

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

8So Aaron approached the altar and slaughtered the calf as a sin offering for himself. 9The sons of Aaron brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and applied it to the horns of the altar. And he poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. 10On the altar he burned the fat, the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver from the sin offering, as the LORD had commanded Moses. 11But he burned up the flesh and the hide outside the camp. 12Then Aaron slaughtered the burnt offering and his sons brought him the blood, and he sprinkled it on all sides of the altar. 13They brought him the burnt offering piece by piece, including the head, and he burned them on the altar. 14He washed the entrails and the legs and burned them atop the burnt offering on the altar. 15Aaron then presented the people's offering. He took the male goat for the people's sin offering, slaughtered it, and offered it for sin like the first one. 16He presented the burnt offering and offered it according to the ordinance. 17Next, he presented the grain offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar in addition to the morning's burnt offering.

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
This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
Genesis 9:3
Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.
Genesis 9:4
But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.
Genesis 9:15
I will remember My covenant between Me and you and all living creatures: Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
Genesis 9:16
And whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that is on the earth."
Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
Ecclesiastes 7:20
Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
Romans 13:13
Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
1 Corinthians 10:12
So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.
Galatians 5:21
and envy; drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit 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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