Leviticus 7:30

Leviticus 7:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)With their own hands they are to present the food offering to the Lord; they are to bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast before the Lord as a wave offering.
• English Standard Version (ESV)His own hands shall bring the Lord's food offerings. He shall bring the fat with the breast, that the breast may be waved as a wave offering before the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)His own hands shall bring the offerings made by fire to the Lord. The fat with the breast he shall bring, that the breast may be waved as a wave offering before the Lord.

Context of Leviticus 7:30

28The Lord said to Moses, 29‘Say to Israel's people, “When a person gives an animal as a friendship offering, he must bring part of it to the Lord. He must carry the offering in his own hands to the fire. He must bring the fat and the meat of the ribs and he must lift the meat to the Lord. 31The priest will burn the fat at the altar. He will lift the meat of the ribs to God. Then Aaron's sons can eat it. 32The top part of the back right leg of the animal is a gift.

Leviticus 7:30 word by word

יָדָ֣יו תְּבִיאֶ֔ינָה אֵ֖ת אִשֵּׁ֣י יְהוָ֑ה אֶת־הַחֵ֤לֶב עַל־הֶֽחָזֶה֙ יְבִיאֶ֔נּוּ אֵ֣ת הֶחָזֶ֗ה לְהָנִ֥יף אֹת֛וֹ תְּנוּפָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• His own handsיָדyâd · handH3027
• shall bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• the offeringsאִשֶּׁה'ishshâh · food offeringH801
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• the fatחֵ֫לֶבcheleb chêleb · fatH2459
• with the breastחָזֶהchâzeh · breastH2373
• may be wavedנוּףnûph · to waveH5130
• a wave offeringתְּנוּפָהtenûphâh · wave offeringH8573
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440

Cross-references for Leviticus 7:30

• Leviticus 3:3The person must burn some pieces of the animal as a gift to the Lord. It is a friendship offering.
• Psalms 110:3When you go to fight your enemies, your people will be happy to fight beside you. As the sun rises on the day of battle, your young men will be there, on the hills round Zion.
• John 10:18Nobody can take my life away from me. Instead, I myself can choose to die. I have authority to do that. I also have authority to become alive again. My Father has said that I must do that.’
• 2 Corinthians 8:12If you really want to give, then God will accept your gift. God does not want you to give more than you are able to give. He will be happy about what you can give.
• Leviticus 8:27Moses gave them to Aaron and to his sons. They lifted them up as a special gift to the Lord.
• Leviticus 9:21Aaron lifted up the meat as an offering to the Lord. Moses had told him that he must do this.
• Exodus 29:24Put all these things in the hands of Aaron and his sons. Then lift these things up to the Lord as an offering to him.
• Numbers 6:20The Nazirite must give those things back to the priest. The priest must lift them up to the Lord as a special gift. They are a special gift for the priest. Also, the priest can eat the front part of the sheep and its back leg. After that, the Nazirite can drink wine.”

Commentaries on Leviticus 7:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30Wave-offering - See Clarke on Exodus 29:27; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30-32Verses 30-32 Wave-offering … heave-offering - The latter appears to be used (like קרבן qorbân Leviticus 1:2) for offerings in general. Waving (a moving to and fro, repeated several times) or heaving (a lifting up once) the offering was a solemn form of dedicating a thing to the use of the sanctuary.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 28-34Verses 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 encouraged to feed and feast…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 28-3829-34. 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 perquisite of the officiating priest.Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 7:30

• Offerings

In the dictionaries

• Wave Offering
• Fleshhook
• Morrow
• Peace offerings
• Wave offerings
• Breast
• Criticism
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis
• Law in the Old Testament

Commentaries on Leviticus 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings