Leviticus 23:20 “The priest is to wave the lambs as a wave offering before the LORD, to…”

Leviticus 23:20

The priest is to wave the lambs as a wave offering before the LORD, together with the bread of the firstfruits. The bread and the two lambs shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.

World English Bible

The priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.

American Standard Version

And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first-fruits for a wave-offering before Jehovah, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to Jehovah for the priest.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the Priest shall shake them to and from with the bread of the first fruits before the Lord, and with the two lambes: they shalbe holy to the Lord, for the Priest.

Darby Translation

And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first-fruits as a wave-offering before Jehovah, with the two he-lambs; they shall be holy to Jehovah, for the priest.

Young's Literal Translation

and the priest hath waved them, besides the bread of the first -[fruits] — a wave-offering before Jehovah, besides the two lambs; they are holy to Jehovah for the priest;

Bible in Basic English

And these will be waved by the priest, with the bread of the first-fruits, for a wave offering to the Lord, with the two lambs: they will be holy to the Lord for the priest.

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Cross references

“wave them”

Leviticus 23:17 Exodus 29:24 Luke 2:14 Ephesians 2:14 Leviticus 7:29 Leviticus 7:30

Leviticus 23:17 · BSB

Bring two loaves of bread from your dwellings as a wave offering, each made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour, baked with leaven, as the firstfruits to the LORD.

Exodus 29:24 · BSB

Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and wave them before the LORD as a wave offering.

Luke 2:14 · BSB

“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests!”

Ephesians 2:14 · BSB

For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility

Leviticus 7:29 · BSB

“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘Anyone who presents a peace offering to the LORD must bring it as his sacrifice to the LORD.

Leviticus 7:30 · BSB

With his own hands he is to bring the food offerings to the LORD; he shall bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast as a wave offering before the LORD.

“holy to”

Deuteronomy 18:4 Leviticus 8:29 Numbers 18:8–12 1 Corinthians 9:11 Leviticus 7:31–34 Leviticus 10:14

Deuteronomy 18:4 · BSB

You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the first wool sheared from your flock.

Leviticus 8:29 · BSB

He also took the breast—Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination—and waved it before the LORD as a wave offering, as the LORD had commanded him.

Numbers 18:8–12 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Aaron, “Behold, I have put you in charge of My offerings. As for all the sacred offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute.

1 Corinthians 9:11 · BSB

If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?

Leviticus 7:31–34 · BSB

The priest is to burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.

Leviticus 10:14 · BSB

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 and your children from the pea…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19You shall also prepare one male goat as a sin offering and two male lambs a year old as a peace offering.

21On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This is to be a permanent statute wherever you live for the generations to come.

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