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Leviticus 9:20

and they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burned the fat on the altar.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    and they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burned the fat on the altar.

  • KJV King James Version

    And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar:

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he made the fat smoke upon the altar.

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Cross-references (2)

Passages linked to Leviticus 9:20 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Leviticus 3:14-17 He shall offer from it as his offering, an offering made by fire to Yahweh; the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat that is on the innards, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away. The priest shall burn them on the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma; all the fat is Yahweh’s. “ ‘It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that you shall eat neither fat nor blood.’ ”
  • Leviticus 7:29-34 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘He who offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to Yahweh shall bring his offering to Yahweh out of the sacrifice of his peace offerings. With his own hands he shall bring the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. He shall bring the fat with the breast, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before Yahweh. The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’. The right thigh you shall give to the priest for a heave offering out of the sacrifices of your peace offerings. He among the sons of Aaron who offers the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right thigh for a portion. For the waved breast and the heaved thigh I have taken from the children of Israel out of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons as their portion forever from the children of Israel.’ ”

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Explain this verse (3 sources)

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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The breasts were reserved for the priest out of…

The breasts were reserved for the priest out of the peace-offerings, which were offered for the people. See Lev 7:30,31,34.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the breasts and the right shoulder,.... The breasts…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 They took the parts

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