Leviticus 7:31

Revised Standard Version

The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be for 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'.

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’.

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 "And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings which one may offer to the LORD. ¹² If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the thank offering unleavened cakes mixed with oil, unleavened wafers spread with oil, and cakes of fine flour well mixed with oil. ¹³ With the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving he shall bring his offering with cakes of leavened bread. ¹⁴ And of such he shall offer one cake from each offering, as an offering to the LORD; it shall belong to the priest who throws the blood of the peace offerings. ¹⁵ And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his offering; he shall not leave any of it until the morning. ¹⁶ But if the sacrifice of his offering is a votive offering or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice, and on the morrow what remains of it shall be eaten, ¹⁷ but what remains of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burned with fire. ¹⁸ If any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offering is eaten on the third day, he who offers it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be credited to him; it shall be an abomination, and he who eats of it shall bear his iniquity. ¹⁹ "Flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burned with fire. All who are clean may eat flesh, ²⁰ but the person who eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of the LORD's peace offerings while an uncleanness is on him, that person shall be cut off from his 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.