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Leviticus 7:31
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.
Leviticus 7:31 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.
- New International Version (NIV)The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be for Aaron and his sons.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.
Context of Leviticus 7:31
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. 30He 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. The 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. 33It is for the priest who offers the blood and the fat.
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וְהִקְטִ֧יר הַכֹּהֵ֛ן אֶת־הַחֵ֖לֶב הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חָה וְהָיָה֙ הֶֽחָזֶ֔ה לְאַהֲרֹ֖ן וּלְבָנָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Leviticus 7:31
- Leviticus 3:5The priests, Aaron's sons, will take the pieces. They must put them on top of the gift on the altar. The smell of them while they are burning will give the Lord pleasure.
- Leviticus 7:34The ribs and the top part of the right leg are gifts. They are from the friendship offering. God wants Aaron and his sons to have them. People must give these parts of their gift to the priests.
- Leviticus 5:13He will forgive the person when the priest does this. The flour that he did not burn is like the grain offering. It belongs to the priests.” ’
- Leviticus 6:16The priests will make into bread the flour that he did not burn. They must not use yeast to make the bread. They must eat the bread in a holy place, in the yard outside the Tent of Meeting.
- Leviticus 8:29Moses took his part of the animal, the meat of the ribs, and he lifted it up to the Lord. The Lord had said that Moses must do this.
- Numbers 18:18And the meat of those animals belongs to you. In the same way, the meat of the ribs and the right back leg of the special gifts that you lift up to me also belong to you.
Commentaries on Leviticus 7:31
- 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
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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
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