Leviticus 7:31

Easy-to-Read Version

The priest will burn the fat on the altar, but the breast of the animal will belong to Aaron and his sons.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The Kohen shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be Aharon's and his sons'.

King James Version
And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'.

Lexham English Bible
and the priest shall turn the fat into smoke on the altar, and the breast section shall be for Aaron and his sons.

New Century Version
Then the priest must burn the fat on the altar, but the breast of the animal will belong to Aaron and the priests.

New English Translation
and the priest must offer the fat up in smoke on the altar, but the breast will belong to Aaron and his sons.

Amplified Bible
'The priest shall offer up the fat in smoke on the altar, but the breast shall be for Aaron and his sons.

New American Standard Bible
'And the priest shall offer up the fat in smoke on the altar, but the breast shall belong to Aaron and to his sons.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the Priest shall burne the fatte vpon the Altar, and the breast shall be Aarons and his sonnes.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the priest shall offer up the fat in smoke on the altar, but the breast shall belong to Aaron and his sons.

Contemporary English Version
A priest from Aaron's family will then send the fat up in smoke, but the ribs belong to the priests.

Complete Jewish Bible
The cohen is to make the fat go up in smoke on the altar, but the breast will belong to Aharon and his descendants.

Darby Translation
And the priest shall burn the fat on the altar; and the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'.

English Standard Version
The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be for Aaron and his sons.

George Lamsa Translation
And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar; but the breast shall be for Aaron and his sons.

Good News Translation
The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall belong to the priests.

Christian Standard Bible®
The priest is to burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.

Literal Translation
And the priest shall burn the fat on the altar as incense; and the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the prest shall burne the fat vpon the altare, and the brest shalbe Aarons and his sonnes.

American Standard Version
And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar; but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'.

Bible in Basic English
And the fat is to be burned by the priest on the altar, but the breast is for Aaron and his sons.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the priest shall burne the fat vpon the aulter, and the brest shalbe Aarons and his sonnes.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the priest shall make the fat smoke upon the altar; but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'.

King James Version (1611)
And the Priest shall burne the fat vpon the Altar: but the brest shalbe Aarons and his sonnes.

English Revised Version
And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'.

Berean Standard Bible
The priest is to burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
which schal brenne the ynnere fatnesse on the auter; sotheli the brest schal be Aarons and hise sones;

Young's Literal Translation
`And the priest hath made perfume with the fat on the altar, and the breast hath been Aaron's and his sons;

Update Bible Version
And the priest shall burn the fat on the altar; but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'.

World English Bible
The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'.

New King James Version
And the priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'.

New Living Translation
Then the priest will burn the fat on the altar, but the breast will belong to Aaron and his descendants.

New Life Bible
The religious leader will burn the fat on the altar. But the breast will belong to Aaron and his sons.

New Revised Standard
The priest shall turn the fat into smoke on the altar, but the breast shall belong to Aaron and his sons.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then shall the priest make a perfume with the fat at the altar, - and the breast shall be for Aaron and for his sons.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who shall burn the fat upon the altar. But the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.

Revised Standard Version
The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be for Aaron and his sons.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'The priest shall offer up the fat in smoke on the altar, but the breast shall belong to Aaron and his sons.

Contextual Overview

¹¹ "This is the law of the sacrifice of fellowship offerings that you bring to the Lord : ¹² People can bring fellowship offerings to show their thanks to God. If you bring your sacrifice to give thanks, you should also bring unleavened bread mixed with oil, wafers with oil poured over them, and loaves of fine flour mixed with oil. ¹³ You must also bring loaves of bread made with yeast to go with your fellowship offering. ¹⁴ Offer one each of these different kinds of bread as a gift to the Lord . Then it will belong to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the fellowship offerings. ¹⁵ The meat of the fellowship offering must be eaten on the same day it is offered as a way of showing thanks to God. None of the meat should remain until the next morning. ¹⁶ "If you bring a fellowship offering simply because you want to give a gift to God or because it is part of a special promise you made to him, the sacrifice should be eaten the same day you offer it. But if there is any left, it must be eaten the next day. ¹⁷ If any meat from this sacrifice is still left over on the third day, it must be burned in the fire. ¹⁸ If anyone eats the meat from the fellowship offering on the third day, the Lord will not accept it as a sacrifice. It will have no value for that person, and to the Lord it will be like rotten meat! Whoever eats it will be responsible for their sin. ¹⁹ "People must not eat any of the meat that touches anything unclean. They must burn this meat in the fire. Whoever is clean may eat the meat from the fellowship offering. ²⁰ But anyone who is unclean and eats the meat from the fellowship offerings that was offered to the Lord must be separated from their people.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the priest: Leviticus 3:5, Leviticus 3:11, Leviticus 3:16

the breast: Leviticus 7:34, Leviticus 5:13, Leviticus 6:16, Leviticus 6:26, Leviticus 8:29, Numbers 18:18

Reciprocal: Exodus 29:13 - all the fat Exodus 29:27 - the breast Leviticus 8:27 - and waved Leviticus 23:20 - holy to Numbers 6:20 - with the wave Numbers 18:20 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar,.... Of burnt offering, even the fat upon the inwards, the two kidneys, the flanks, the caul, and liver:

but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons; which being waved before the Lord for a wave offering, was the Lord's, and so was given to his priests to eat of, for the service done by them, it being but reasonable that they that serve at the altar should live of it; and thus, with other things, a maintenance was provided for the priests and their families, as ought also to be for Gospel ministers under the present dispensation.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Wave-offering ... heave-offering - The latter appears to be used (like קרבן qorbân, Leviticus 1:2) for offerings in general. Waving (a moving to and fro, repeated several times) or heaving (a lifting up once) the offering was a solemn form of dedicating a thing to the use of the sanctuary.