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Leviticus 9:21

in Leviticus 9

but he waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before the LORD, as Moses had commanded.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave-offering before Jehovah; as Moses commanded.

KJV

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

This verse in Leviticus 9

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Then he slaughtered the ox and the ram

on Leviticus 9:18-21

The peace offerings come last, and their breasts and right thigh are waved and become the priests' portion. A day that opened with Aaron's own sin closes with food on his table.

This site's exposition

he waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering

John Gill reads the waving as an acknowledgment that the LORD is Lord of all and has a right to everything the people own. The parts are then given to the priests toward their support, as Leviticus 7:34 establishes.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And the breasts and the right shoulder,.... The breasts of the bullock and the ram, and the right shoulders of them both: Aaron waved for a wave offering before the Lord; which was given to him as his part of the peace offerings, after they had been thus waved before the Lord; whereby an acknowledgment was made that he was Lord of all, and had a right to all they had; in token of which these parts were given to his priests towards their maintenance: as Moses commanded; see Exo 29:27.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

They could not bear their own sins: and therefore, instead of eating any part of their own sin offering, as they were at liberty to do in the case of the people's offering, they had to carry the whole carcasses "without the camp and burn them with fire" [Ex 29:14;

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The words behind it

13 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְאֵ֣תand <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • הֶחָז֗וֹתthe breasts

    hechazotH2373 →13 times

  • וְאֵת֙and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • שׁ֣וֹק[the] thigh of

    shokH7785 →19 times

  • הַיָּמִ֔יןthe right

    haiyaminH3225 →140 times

  • הֵנִ֧יףhe waved

    henifH5130 →37 times

  • אַהֲרֹ֛ןAaron

    ʾaharonH175 →347 times

  • תְּנוּפָ֖הa wave-offering

    tenufahH8573 →30 times

  • לִפְנֵ֣י<to> before

    lifneiH6440 →2123 times

  • יְהוָ֑הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • כַּאֲשֶׁ֖רjust as

    kaasherH834 →5497 times

  • צִוָּ֥הhe had commanded

    tzivahH6680 →494 times

  • מֹשֶֽׁה׃Moses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    1 Peter 4:11

    If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through…

    it leads to

    • 1 Corinthians 10:31

      So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.

    • 1 Peter 4:10

      As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.

    • Ephesians 6:10

      Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.

    • Ephesians 4:29

      Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.

    • 1 Corinthians 12:4

      There are different gifts, but the same Spirit.

  • Through

    Isaiah 49:3

    He said to Me, “You are My Servant, Israel, in whom I will display My glory.”

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 42:1

      “Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.

    • 1 Peter 2:9

      But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

    • Isaiah 44:23

      Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has…

Where this verse is studied

About Leviticus

The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.
The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.

This page draws on Andrew Bonar, A Commentary on Leviticus; 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 Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.