Numbers 6:20
18 And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.
19 And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven:
And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.
21 This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the LORD for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation.
22 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- The priest shall then wave them as a wave offering before the LORD. This is a holy portion for the priest, in addition to the breast of the wave offering and the thigh that was presented. After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.
- KJV
- And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.
- WEB
- and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD. They are holy for the priest, together with the breast that is waved and the thigh that is offered. After that the Nazirite may drink wine.
- ASV
- and the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before Jehovah; this is holy for the priest, together with the wave-breast and heave-thigh: and after that the Nazirite may drink wine.
- DARBY
- And the priest shall wave them as wave-offering before Jehovah; it is holy for the priest, with the breast of the wave-offering and with the shoulder of the heave-offering; and afterwards the Nazarite may drink wine.
- BLB
- And the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before the face of YHWH; [they] are holy to the priest, together with the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution, and afterward the Nazirite may drink wine.
- ÅB
- Så skal presten svinge dem for Herrens åsyn; det er helliget presten foruten svinge-brystet og løfte-låret. Siden kan nasireeren drikke vin.
- OTB
- Presten skal deretter svinge dem som et svingeoffer for Herren; de er hellige og tilhører presten, sammen med brystet som svinges og låret som presenteres. Etter dette kan nasireeren drikke vin.
- B1930
- Så skal presten svinge dem for Herrens åsyn; det er helliget presten foruten svinge-brystet og løfte-låret. Siden kan nasireeren drikke vin.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Read in contextExodus 29:27–28
And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons:
Read in contextNumbers 5:25
Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman’s hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it upon the altar:
Read in contextLeviticus 10:15
The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons’ with thee, by a statute for ever; as the LORD hath commanded.
Read in contextZechariah 10:7
And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 16:10–11
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Read in contextLeviticus 9:21
And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded.
Read in contextLeviticus 7:31
And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.
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