Leviticus 7:31

THE MESSAGE

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'.

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.

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"These are the instructions for the Peace-Offering which is presented to God . If you bring it to offer thanksgiving, then along with the Thanksgiving-Offering present unraised loaves of bread mixed with oil, unraised wafers spread with oil, and cakes of fine flour, well-kneaded and mixed with oil. Along with the Peace-Offering of thanksgiving, present loaves of yeast bread as an offering. Bring one of each kind as an offering, a Contribution-Offering to God ; it goes to the priest who throws the blood of the Peace-Offering. Eat the meat from the Peace-Offering of thanksgiving the same day it is offered. Don't leave any of it overnight. ¹⁶"If the offering is a Votive-Offering or a Freewill-Offering, it may be eaten the same day it is sacrificed and whatever is left over on the next day may also be eaten. But any meat from the sacrifice that is left to the third day must be burned up. If any of the meat from the Peace-Offering is eaten on the third day, the person who has brought it will not be accepted. It won't benefit him a bit—it has become defiled meat. And whoever eats it must take responsibility for his iniquity. Don't eat meat that has touched anything ritually unclean; burn it up. Any other meat can be eaten by those who are ritually clean. But if you're not ritually clean and eat meat from the Peace-Offering for God , you will be excluded from the congregation. And if you touch anything ritually unclean, whether human or animal uncleanness or an obscene object, and go ahead and eat from a Peace-Offering for God , you'll be excluded from the congregation." ²² God spoke to Moses: "Speak to the People of Israel. Tell them, Don't eat any fat of cattle or sheep or goats. The fat of an animal found dead or torn by wild animals can be put to some other purpose, but you may not eat it. If you eat fat from an animal from which a gift has been presented to God , you'll be excluded from the congregation. And don't eat blood, whether of birds or animals, no matter where you end up living. If you eat blood you'll be excluded from the congregation." ²⁸ God spoke to Moses: "Speak to the People of Israel. Tell them, When you present a Peace-Offering to God , bring some of your Peace-Offering as a special sacrifice to God , a gift to God in your own hands. Bring the fat with the breast and then wave the breast before God as a Wave-Offering. The priest will burn the fat on the Altar; Aaron and his sons get the breast. Give the right thigh from your Peace-Offerings as a Contribution-Offering to the priest. Give a portion of the right thigh to the son of Aaron who offers the blood and fat of the Peace-Offering as his portion. From the Peace-Offerings of Israel, I'm giving the breast of the Wave-Offering and the thigh of the Contribution-Offering to Aaron the priest and his sons. This is their fixed compensation from the People of Israel."

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.