Numbers 6 · Verse 20

Numbers 6:20

And 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.
Numbers 6:20, King James Version

Numbers 6:20 in other translations

BSBThe 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.
WEBand the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD. They are holy for the priest, together with the breast that is waved and the thigh that is offered. After that the Nazirite may drink wine.
ASVand the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before Jehovah; this is holy for the priest, together with the wave-breast and heave-thigh: and after that the Nazirite may drink wine.
YLTand the priest hath waved them, a wave-offering before Jehovah; it is holy to the priest, besides the breast of the wave-offering, and besides the leg of the heave-offering; and afterwards doth the Nazarite drink wine.
DARBYAnd the priest shall wave them as wave-offering before Jehovah; it is holy for the priest, with the breast of the wave-offering and with the shoulder of the heave-offering; and afterwards the Nazarite may drink wine.
BBEWaving them for a wave offering before the Lord; this is holy for the priest, together with the waved breast and the leg which is lifted up; after that, the man may take wine.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Numbers 6:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 6:13-20

13-20. when the days of his separation are fulfilled, &c.--On the accomplishment of a limited vow of Nazaritism, Nazarites might cut their hair wherever they happened to be (Ac 18:18); but the hair was to be carefully kept and brought to the door of the sanctuary. Then after the presentation of sin offerings and burnt offerings, it was put under the vessel in which the peace offerings were boiled; and the priest…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 6:1-21

The word Nazarite signifies separation. Some were appointed of God, before their birth, to be Nazarites all their days, as Samson and John the Baptist. But, in general, it was a vow of separation from the world and devotedness to the services of religion, for a limited time, and under certain rules, which any person might make if they pleased. A Nazarite is spoken of as well known; but his obligation is brought to a…

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Numbers 6:20 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהֵנִיף֩ve.he.Nifand he will waveH5130
אוֹתָ֨ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
הַכֹּהֵ֥ן\׀ha.ko.Henthe priestH3548
תְּנוּפָה֮te.nu.Faha wave-offeringH8573
לִפְנֵ֣יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
יְהוָה֒Yah.wehYahwehH3068
קֹ֤דֶשׁKo.desh[is] a holy portionH6944
הוּא֙hu'itH1931
לַכֹּהֵ֔ןla.ko.Henfor the priestH3548
עַ֚ל'alwithH5921
חֲזֵ֣הcha.Zeh[the] breast ofH2373
הַתְּנוּפָ֔הha.te.nu.Fahthe wave-offeringH8573
וְעַ֖לve.'Aland withH5921
שׁ֣וֹקShok[the] thigh ofH7785
הַתְּרוּמָ֑הha.te.ru.Mahthe contributionH8641
וְאַחַ֛רve.'a.Charand afterH310
יִשְׁתֶּ֥הyish.Tehhe will drinkH8354
הַנָּזִ֖ירha.na.Zirthe NaziriteH5139
יָֽיִן\׃Ya.yinwineH3196

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Cross references for Numbers 6:20

  • Ecclesiastes 9:7

    Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

  • Exodus 29:27-28

    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.

  • Numbers 5:25

    Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman’s hand, and shall wave the offering before the Lord, and offer it upon the altar:

  • Leviticus 10:15

    The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the Lord; and it shall be thine, and thy sons’ with thee, by a statute for ever; as the Lord hath commanded.

  • Zechariah 10:7

    And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the Lord.

  • Psalms 16:10-11

    For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

  • Leviticus 9:21

    And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the Lord; as Moses commanded.

  • Leviticus 7:31

    And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.

  • Matthew 26:29

    But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.

  • John 19:30

    When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

  • Isaiah 25:6

    And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

  • Leviticus 23:11

    And he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the priest shall.
5:25; Ex 29:27,28; Le 9:21; 10:15; 23:11
with the wave.
18:18; Le 7:31,34
and after.
Ps 16:10,11; Ec 9:7; Isa 25:6; 35:10; 53:10-12; Zec 9:15,17; 10:7
Mt 26:29; Mr 14:25; Joh 17:4,5; 19:30; 2Ti 4:7,8

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Context

  • Numbers 6:19

    And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven:

  • Numbers 6:20

    And 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.

  • Numbers 6:21

    This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the Lord for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation.

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Numbers 6:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y el sacerdote mecerá aquello, ofrenda agitada delante de Jehová; lo cual será cosa santa del sacerdote, á más del pecho mecido y de la espaldilla separada: y después podrá beber vino el Nazareo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et le sacrificateur les tournoiera en offrande tournoyée devant l’ Éternel: c’est une chose sainte qui appartient au sacrificateur, avec la poitrine tournoyée, et avec l’épaule élevée. Et après cela le nazaréen boira du vin.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und der Priester webe sie als Webopfer vor Jehova; es ist dem Priester heilig nebst der Brust des Webopfers und nebst dem Schenkel des Hebopfers. Und danach mag der Nasir Wein trinken.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Susceptaque rursum ab eo, elevabit in conspectu Domini: et sanctificata sacerdotis erunt, sicut pectusculum, quod separari jussum est, et femur. Post hæc, potest bibere nazaræus vinum.