And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.
Parallel translations
- WEB The right thigh you shall give to the priest for a heave offering out of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.
- BSB And you are to give the right thigh to the priest as a contribution from your peace offering.
- 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 9:21And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded.
- Lev 7:34For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel.
- Num 6:20And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.
- 1 Cor 9:13–14Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
- Lev 10:14And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons’ due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.
- Num 18:18–19And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.
- Deut 18:3And this shall be the priest’s due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
- Lev 8:25–26And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right shoulder:
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