With his own hands he is to bring the offerings made by fire to the LORD; he shall bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast as a wave offering before the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB With his own hands he shall bring the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. He shall bring the fat with the breast, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before Yahweh.
- KJV His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before the LORD.
- NKJV His own hands shall bring the offerings made by fire to the Lord. The fat with the breast he shall bring, that the breast may be waved as a wave offering before the Lord.
- NASB His own hands are to bring offerings by fire to the Lord. He shall bring the fat with the breast, so that the breast may be presented as a wave offering before the Lord.
- NLT Present it to the Lord with your own hands as a special gift to the Lord. Bring the fat of the animal, together with the breast, and lift up the breast as a special offering to the Lord.
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Quick answer
With his own hands the worshiper brings the fat and the breast to be waved before the LORD. Worship involved deliberate, hands-on presentation of the offering.
Overview
The worshiper personally carried the fat (for the altar) and the breast (to be waved before God), making the act intimate and intentional. The wave offering symbolically presented the gift to the LORD and received it back from Him. This bodily, personal worship anticipates offering ourselves wholly to God (Romans 12:1).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Num 6:20The priest shall then wave them as a wave offering before the LORD. This is a holy portion for the priest, in addition to the breast of the wave offering and the thigh that was presented. After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.
- Lev 3:3–4From the peace offering he is to bring an offering made by fire to the LORD: the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,
- Lev 3:9And from the peace offering he shall bring an offering made by fire to the LORD consisting of its fat: the entire fat tail cut off close to the backbone, the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,
- Lev 3:14And from his offering he shall present an offering made by fire to the LORD: the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,
- John 10:18No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”
- Exod 29:24–28Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and wave them before the LORD as a wave offering.
- Lev 9:21but he waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before the LORD, as Moses had commanded.
- 2 Cor 8:12For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
- Lev 8:27He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and waved them before the LORD as a wave offering.
- Ps 110:3Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.
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