Leviticus 9:21
And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the Lord; as Moses commanded.
Leviticus 9:21 in other translations
| BSB | but he waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before the LORD, as Moses had commanded. |
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| WEB | Aaron waved the breasts and the right thigh for a wave offering before the LORD, as Moses commanded. |
| ASV | and the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave-offering before Jehovah; as Moses commanded. |
| YLT | and the breasts, and the right leg hath Aaron waved--a wave-offering before Jehovah, as He hath commanded Moses. |
| DARBY | and the breast-pieces and the right shoulder Aaron waved as a wave-offering before Jehovah, as Moses had commanded. |
| BBE | And Aaron took the breasts and the right leg, waving them for a wave offering before the Lord, as Moses gave orders. |
| Webster | And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave-offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded. |
What does Leviticus 9:21 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 9:17-21
17-21. meat offering ... wave offering--It is observable that there is no notice taken of these in the offerings the priests made for themselves. They could not bear their own sins: and therefore, instead of eating any part of their own sin offering, as they were at liberty to do in the case of the people's offering, they had to carry the whole carcasses "without the camp and burn them with fire" [Ex 29:14; Le 4:12].
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 9:1-21
These many sacrifices, which were all done away by the death of Christ, teach us that our best services need washing in his blood, and that the guilt of our best sacrifices needs to be done away by one more pure and more noble than they. Let us be thankful that we have such a High Priest. The priests had not a day's respite from service allowed. God's spiritual priests have constant work, which the duty of every day…
Leviticus 9:21 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Leviticus 9:21
- Leviticus 7:30-34
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. And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’. And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings. He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part. …
- Exodus 29:26-28
And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the Lord: and it shall be thy part. And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons: And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’ by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the Lord.
- 1 Peter 4:11
If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
- Isaiah 49:3
And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
- Luke 2:13
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
- Exodus 29:24
And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the Lord.
- Leviticus 7:24
And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it.
- Leviticus 7:26
Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
7:24,26,30-34; Ex 29:27,28; Isa 49:3; Lu 2:13; 1Pe 4:11
as Moses commanded.The Samaritan text, and thirty MSS. have, {kaasher tzivvah yehowah eth Moshe,} "as Jehovah commanded Moses;" which is also the reading of the LXX., Arabic, and Targum of Onkelos, and seems to be the true reading, being supported, not only by these authorities, but by the whole chapter itself.'
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Context
- Leviticus 9:20
And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar:
- Leviticus 9:21
And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the Lord; as Moses commanded.
- Leviticus 9:22
And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings.
Leviticus 9:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Empero los pechos, con la espaldilla derecha, meciólos Aarón por ofrenda agitada delante de Jehová; como Jehová lo había mandado á Moisés. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Aaron tournoya en offrande tournoyée devant l’ Éternel les poitrines et l’épaule droite, comme Moïse l’avait commandé. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Bruststücke und den rechten Schenkel webte Aaron als Webopfer vor Jehova, so wie Mose geboten hatte. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | pectora eorum, et armos dextros separavit Aaron, elevans coram Domino, sicut præceperat Moyses. |