Leviticus 7:31
And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.
Leviticus 7:31 in other translations
| BSB | The priest is to burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons. |
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| WEB | The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’. |
| ASV | And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar; but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’. |
| YLT | ‘And the priest hath made perfume with the fat on the altar, and the breast hath been Aaron's and his sons; |
| DARBY | And the priest shall burn the fat on the altar; and the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'. |
| BBE | And the fat is to be burned by the priest on the altar, but the breast is for Aaron and his sons. |
| Webster | And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'. |
What does Leviticus 7:31 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 7:29-34
Le 7:28-38. The Priests' Portion. 29-34. He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the Lord--In order to show that the sacrifice was voluntary, the offerer was required to bring it with his own hands to the priest. The breast having been waved to and fro in a solemn manner as devoted to God, was given to the priests; it was assigned to the use of their order generally, but the right shoulder was the…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 7:28-34
The priest who offered, was to have the breast and the right shoulder. When the sacrifice was killed, the offerer himself must present God's part of it; that he might signify his cheerfully giving it up to God. He was with his own hands to lift it up, in token of his regard to God as the God of heaven; and then to wave it to and fro, in token of his regard to God as the Lord of the whole earth. Be persuaded and…
Leviticus 7:31 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Leviticus 7:31
- Leviticus 7:34
For 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.
- Leviticus 3:11
And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the Lord.
- Leviticus 3:16
And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the Lord’s.
- Leviticus 3:5
And Aaron’s sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.
- Numbers 18:18
And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.
- Leviticus 8:29
And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the Lord: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses’ part; as the Lord commanded Moses.
- Leviticus 5:13
And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the priest’s, as a meat offering.
- Leviticus 6:16
And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.
- Leviticus 6:26
The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.
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Context
- Leviticus 7:30
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.
- Leviticus 7:31
And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.
- Leviticus 7:32
And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.
Leviticus 7:31 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y el sebo lo hará arder el sacerdote en el altar; mas el pecho será de Aarón y de sus hijos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et le sacrificateur fera fumer la graisse sur l’autel; et la poitrine sera pour Aaron et pour ses fils. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und der Priester soll das Fett auf dem Altar räuchern, und die Brust soll Aaron und seinen Söhnen gehören. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | qui adolebit adipem super altare, pectusculum autem erit Aaron et filiorum ejus. |