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Literal Standard Version

Leviticus 9:21

and Aaron has waved the breasts and the right leg [as] a wave-offering before YHWH, as He has commanded Moses.

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.
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

8And Aaron draws near to the altar, and slaughters the calf of the sin-offering, which [is] for himself; 9and the sons of Aaron bring the blood near to him, and he dips his finger in the blood, and puts [it] on the horns of the altar, and he has poured out the blood at the foundation of the altar; 10and the fat, and the kidneys, and the redundance of the liver, of the sin-offering, he has made incense on the altar, as YHWH has commanded Moses; 11and he has burned the flesh and the skin with fire, at the outside of the camp. 12And he slaughters the burnt-offering, and the sons of Aaron have presented the blood to him, and he sprinkles it around the altar; 13and they have presented the burnt-offering to him, by its pieces, and the head, and he makes incense on the altar; 14and he washes the innards and the legs, and makes incense for the burnt-offering on the altar. 15And he brings the offering of the people near, and takes the goat of the sin-offering which [is] for the people, and slaughters it, and makes it a sin-offering, like the first; 16and he brings the burnt-offering near, and makes it, according to the ordinance; 17and he brings the present near, and fills his palm with it, and makes incense on the altar, apart from the burnt-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 [is] a righteous man; he has been perfect among his generations; Noah has habitually walked with God.
Genesis 9:3
Every creeping thing that is alive, to you it is for food; as the green herb I have given to you the whole;
Genesis 9:4
only flesh in its life—its blood—you do not eat.
Genesis 9:15
and I have remembered My covenant which is between Me and you, and every living creature among all flesh, and the waters no longer become a flood to destroy all flesh;
Genesis 9:16
and the bow has been in the cloud, and I have seen it—to remember the perpetual covenant between God and every living creature among all flesh which [is] on the earth."
Proverbs 20:1
Wine [is] a scorner—strong drink [is] noisy, || And any going astray in it is not wise.
Ecclesiastes 7:20
Because there is not a righteous man on earth that does good and does not sin.
Romans 13:13
as in daytime, let us walk properly; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in promiscuity and licentiousness, not in strife and jealousy;
1 Corinthians 10:12
so that he who is thinking to stand—let him observe, lest he fall.
Galatians 5:21
envyings, murders, drunkenness, reveling, and such like, of which I tell you before, as I also said before, that those doing 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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