Leviticus 7:31 “The priest is to burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to…”

Leviticus 7:31

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.

World English Bible

The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.

American Standard Version

And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar; but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then the Priest shall burne the fatte vpon the Altar, and the breast shall be Aarons and his sonnes.

Darby Translation

And the priest shall burn the fat on the altar; and the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'.

Young's Literal Translation

'And the priest hath made perfume with the fat on the altar, and the breast hath been Aaron's and his sons;

Bible in Basic English

And the fat is to be burned by the priest on the altar, but the breast is for Aaron and his sons.

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Cross references

“the priest”

Leviticus 3:5 Leviticus 3:11 Leviticus 3:16

Leviticus 3:5 · BSB

Then Aaron’s sons are to burn it on the altar atop the burnt offering that is on the burning wood, as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

Leviticus 3:11 · BSB

Then the priest is to burn them on the altar as food, a food offering to the LORD.

Leviticus 3:16 · BSB

Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as a food offering, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the LORD’s.

“the breast”

Leviticus 7:34 Leviticus 5:13 Leviticus 6:16 Leviticus 6:26 Leviticus 8:29 Numbers 18:18

Leviticus 7:34 · BSB

I 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 his sons as a permanent portion from the sons…

Leviticus 5:13 · BSB

In this way the priest will make atonement for him for any of these sins he has committed, and he will be forgiven. The remainder will belong to the priest, like the grain offering.”

Leviticus 6:16 · BSB

Aaron and his sons are to eat the remainder. It must be eaten without leaven in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.

Leviticus 6:26 · BSB

The priest who offers it shall eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.

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 18:18 · BSB

And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you.

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

In context

30With 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.

32And you are to give the right thigh to the priest as a contribution from your peace offering.

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