And you are to give the right thigh to the priest as a contribution from your peace offering.
Parallel translations
- WEB The right thigh you shall give to the priest for a heave offering out of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.
- KJV And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.
- NKJV Also the right thigh you shall give to the priest as a heave offering from the sacrifices of your peace offerings.
- NASB And you shall give the right thigh to the priest as a contribution from the sacrifices of your peace offerings.
- NLT Give the right thigh of your peace offering to the priest as a gift.
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Quick answer
The right thigh is given to the priest as a contribution from the peace offerings. A choice portion supported the officiating priest.
Overview
The right thigh, a valued cut, was set apart for the priest as his share of the fellowship offering. Together with the breast, it provided substantial sustenance for those without land. This continues the consistent biblical care for those devoted to God's service.
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Cross-references · 8
- Lev 9:21but he waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before the LORD, as Moses had commanded.
- Lev 7:34I have taken from the sons of Israel the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons as a permanent portion from the sons of Israel.’”
- 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.
- 1 Cor 9:13–14Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?
- Lev 10:14And you and your sons and daughters may eat the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution in a ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you and your children from the peace offerings of the sons of Israel.
- Num 18:18–19And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you.
- Deut 18:3This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.
- Lev 8:25–26And Moses took the fat—the fat tail, all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with their fat—as well as the right thigh.
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