Leviticus - 9:21



21 and the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave offering before Yahweh, as Moses commanded.

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Explanation and meaning of Leviticus 9:21.

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And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded.
Aaron separated their breasts, and the right shoulders, elevating them before the Lord, as Moses had commanded.
and the breast-pieces and the right shoulder Aaron waved as a wave-offering before Jehovah, as Moses had commanded.
and the breasts, and the right leg hath Aaron waved, a wave-offering before Jehovah, as He hath commanded Moses.
And Aaron took the breasts and the right leg, waving them for a wave offering before the Lord, as Moses gave orders.
Aaron separated their breasts and the right shoulders, lifting them up in the sight of the Lord, as Moses had instructed.
Pectuscula vero et armum dextrum agitavit Aharon agitatione coram Jehova, quemadmodum praeceperat Jehova Mosi.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And the (g) breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved [for] a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded.
(g) Of the bullock and the ram.

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 Exodus 29:27.

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