New English Translation
Leviticus 7:30
30With his own hands he must bring the Lord’s gifts. He must bring the fat with the breast to wave the breast as a wave offering before the Lord,
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
28Then the Lord spoke to Moses: 29“Tell the Israelites, ‘The one who presents his peace offering sacrifice to the Lord must bring his offering to the Lord from his peace offering sacrifice. With his own hands he must bring the Lord’s gifts. He must bring the fat with the breast to wave the breast as a wave offering before the Lord, 31and the priest must offer the fat up in smoke on the altar, but the breast will belong to Aaron and his sons. 32The right thigh you must give as a contribution offering to the priest from your peace offering sacrifices.
Read all of Leviticus 7Leviticus 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 3:3Then the one presenting the offering must present a gift to the Lord from the peace offering sacrifice: He must remove the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that surrounds the entrails,
- Psalms 110:3Your people willingly follow you when you go into battle. On the holy hills at sunrise the dew of your youth belongs to you.
- John 10:18No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This commandment I received from my Father.”
- 2 Corinthians 8:12For if the eagerness is present, the gift itself is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have.
- Leviticus 8:27He then put all of them on the palms of Aaron and his sons, who waved them as a wave offering before the Lord.
- Leviticus 9:21Finally Aaron waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before the Lord just as Moses had commanded.
- Exodus 29:24You are to put all these in Aaron’s hands and in his sons’ hands, and you are to wave them as a wave offering before the Lord.
- Numbers 6:20then the priest must wave them as a wave offering before the Lord; it is a holy portion for the priest, together with the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the raised offering. After this the Nazirite may 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
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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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