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The Priests’ Portion

Leviticus 7:31

In 11 translations

BSB
The priest is to burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.
KJV
And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.
WEB
The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.
ASV
And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar; but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.
LSV
And the priest has made incense with the fat on the altar, and the breast has been Aaron’s and his sons;
YLT
'And the priest hath made perfume with the fat on the altar, and the breast hath been Aaron's and his sons;
DBY
And the priest shall burn the fat on the altar; and the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'.
DRC
Who shall burn the fat upon the altar, but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.
GNV
Then the Priest shall burne the fatte vpon the Altar, and the breast shall be Aarons and his sonnes.
JPS
And the priest shall make the fat smoke upon the altar; but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'.
LXXE
And the priest shall offer the fat upon the altar, and the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons,

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְהִקְטִ֧יר הַכֹּהֵ֛ן אֶת־הַחֵ֖לֶב הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חָה וְהָיָה֙ הֶֽחָזֶ֔ה לְאַהֲרֹ֖ן וּלְבָנָֽיו׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἀνοίσει ὁ ἱερεὺς τὸ στέαρ ἐπὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου· καὶ ἔσται τὸ στηθύνιον Ἀαρὼν καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτοῦ.

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  • Leviticus 3:16Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the LORD’s.
  • Leviticus 3:11Then the priest is to burn them on the altar as food, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
  • Leviticus 3:5Then Aaron’s sons are to burn it on the altar atop the burnt offering that is on the burning wood, as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
  • 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 his sons as a permanent portion from the…
  • Leviticus 6:26The priest who offers it shall eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
  • Leviticus 8:29He 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.
  • Leviticus 6:16Aaron 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 5:13In 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.”
  • Numbers 18:18And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you.

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  • 7:21 in some Bibles

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