Leviticus 7:32
in Leviticus 7And you are to give the right thigh to the priest as a contribution from your peace offering.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the right thigh shall ye give unto the priest for a heave-offering out of the sacrifices of your peace-offerings.
KJV
And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.
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This verse in Leviticus 7
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
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.
This site's exposition
And the LORD spake unto Moses
on Leviticus 7:28-34
The man who brings a peace offering carries the fat and the breast to the altar in his own hands, so the part of the ritual a worshipper performs himself is the handing over. The breast is waved and goes to Aaron and to all his sons, the right shoulder is heaved and goes to the priest who offered the blood and the fat, and the man who did the work takes the larger single portion. Verse 34 says the LORD took those parts from Israel and gave them to the priests, which makes the priest's food a gift out of the altar rather than a fee collected from the offerer.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave offering,....
Jesus Christ is our great peace-offering; for he made himself a sacrifice, not only to atone for sin, and so to save us from the curse, but to purchase a blessing for us, and all good. By our joyfully partaking of the benefits of redemption we feast upon the sacrifice, to signify which the Lord's supper was instituted.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The right shoulder - See Clarke on Exo 29:27 (note).
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֵת֙ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שׁ֣וֹק | shok | [the] thigh of | H7785 → | 19 times |
| הַיָּמִ֔ין | haiyamin | the right | H3225 → | 140 times |
| תִּתְּנ֥וּ | titenu | you will give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| תְרוּמָ֖ה | terumah | a contribution | H8641 → | 76 times |
| לַכֹּהֵ֑ן | lakohen | to the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| מִזִּבְחֵ֖י | mizivchei | from [the] sacrifices of | H2077 → | 162 times |
| שַׁלְמֵיכֶֽם׃ | shalmeikhem | peace offerings your | H8002 → | 87 times |
וְאֵת֙and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
שׁ֣וֹק[the] thigh of
shokH7785 →19 times
הַיָּמִ֔יןthe right
haiyaminH3225 →140 times
תִּתְּנ֥וּyou will give
titenuH5414 →2011 times
תְרוּמָ֖הa contribution
terumahH8641 →76 times
לַכֹּהֵ֑ןto the priest
lakohenH3548 →750 times
מִזִּבְחֵ֖יfrom [the] sacrifices of
mizivcheiH2077 →162 times
שַׁלְמֵיכֶֽם׃peace offerings your
shalmeikhemH8002 →87 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Leviticus 9:21but he waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before the LORD, as Moses had commanded.
it leads to
- Leviticus 7:30–34
With his own hands he is to bring the offerings made by fire to the LORD; he shall bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast as a wave offering before…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 7:30–34
Through
Numbers 6:20The 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…
it leads to
- Exodus 29:27–28
Consecrate for Aaron and his sons the breast of the wave offering that is waved and the thigh of the heave offering that is lifted up from the ram of ordination.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
- Numbers 5:25
The priest shall take from her hand the grain offering for jealousy, wave it before the LORD, and bring it to the altar.
- Exodus 29:27–28
Through
Leviticus 10:14And you and your sons and daughters may eat the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution in a ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you…
it leads to
- Numbers 18:11
And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent…
- Numbers 18:11
Through
Leviticus 7:34I have taken from the sons of Israel the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and…
it leads to
- Numbers 18:18–19
And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you.
- Leviticus 10:14–15
And you and your sons and daughters may eat the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution in a ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you…
- Numbers 18:18–19
Through
Deuteronomy 18:3This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 12:27
Present the meat and blood of your burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD your God. The blood of your other sacrifices must be poured out beside the altar of the LORD your…
- Deuteronomy 12:27
About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Alfred Edersheim, The Temple: Its Ministry and Services; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.