Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Their meat is to be yours, just as the breast of the wave offering and the right thigh are yours. New Living Translation The meat of these animals will be yours, just like the breast and right thigh that are presented by lifting them up as a special offering before the altar. English Standard Version But their flesh shall be yours, as the breast that is waved and as the right thigh are yours. Berean Standard Bible And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you. King James Bible And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine. New King James Version And their flesh shall be yours, just as the wave breast and the right thigh are yours. New American Standard Bible However, their meat shall be yours; it shall be yours like the breast of a wave offering and like the right thigh. NASB 1995 “Their meat shall be yours; it shall be yours like the breast of a wave offering and like the right thigh. NASB 1977 “And their meat shall be yours; it shall be yours like the breast of a wave offering and like the right thigh. Legacy Standard Bible And their meat shall be yours; it shall be yours like the breast of a wave offering and like the right thigh. Amplified Bible Their meat shall be yours, like the breast of a wave offering and like the right thigh. Christian Standard Bible But their meat belongs to you. It belongs to you like the breast of the presentation offering and the right thigh. Holman Christian Standard Bible But their meat belongs to you. It belongs to you like the breast of the presentation offering and the right thigh.” American Standard Version And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave-breast and as the right thigh, it shall be thine. Contemporary English Version You are allowed to eat the meat of those animals, just as you can eat the choice ribs and the right hind leg of the special sacrifices. English Revised Version And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right thigh, it shall be thine. GOD'S WORD® Translation But the meat is yours, like the breast and the right thigh that are presented. Good News Translation The meat from them belongs to you, like the breast and the right hind leg of the special offering. International Standard Version Their meat is to belong to you, just as the breast wave offering and the right thigh is yours. Majority Standard Bible And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you. NET Bible And their meat will be yours, just as the breast and the right hip of the raised offering is yours. New Heart English Bible Their flesh shall be yours, as the wave offering breast and as the right thigh, it shall be yours. Webster's Bible Translation And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave-breast and as the right shoulder are thine World English Bible Their meat shall be yours, as the wave offering breast and as the right thigh, it shall be yours. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand their flesh is yours, as the breast of the wave-offering and as the right leg are yours. Young's Literal Translation and their flesh is thine, as the breast of the wave-offering, and as the right leg, it is thine; Smith's Literal Translation And their flesh shall be to thee, as the breast of the lifting up, and as the right shoulder shall be to thee. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBut the flesh shall fall to thy use, as the consecrated breast, and the right shoulder shall be thine. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet truly, the flesh shall fall to your use, just as the consecrated breast and the right shoulder shall be yours. New American Bible Their meat, however, shall be yours, just as the brisket of the elevated offering and the right thigh belong to you. New Revised Standard Version but their flesh shall be yours, just as the breast that is elevated and as the right thigh are yours. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBut their meat shall be yours, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are yours. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And their flesh shall be for you as the breast of the offering and shall be like the right shoulder for you. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave-breast and as the right thigh, it shall be thine. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the flesh shall be thine, as also the breast of the wave-offering and as the right shoulder, it shall be thine. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Offerings for Priests and Levites…17But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. 18And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you. 19All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring.”… Cross References Leviticus 7:31-34 The priest is to burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons. / And you are to give the right thigh to the priest as a contribution from your peace offering. / The son of Aaron who presents the blood and fat of the peace offering shall have the right thigh as a portion. ... Deuteronomy 18:3 This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach. Exodus 29:27-28 Consecrate for Aaron and his sons the breast of the wave offering that is waved and the thigh of the heave offering that is lifted up from the ram of ordination. / This will belong to Aaron and his sons as a regular portion from the Israelites, for it is the heave offering the Israelites will make to the LORD from their peace offerings. Leviticus 10:14-15 And you and your sons and daughters may eat the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution in a ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you and your children from the peace offerings of the sons of Israel. / They are to bring the thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering, together with the fat portions of the food offerings, to wave as a wave offering before the LORD. It will belong permanently to you and your children, as the LORD has commanded.” 1 Corinthians 9:13-14 Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings? / In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel. Hebrews 7:5 Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they too are descended from Abraham. Leviticus 3:3-5 From the peace offering he is to bring a food offering to the LORD: the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them, / both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys. / 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. 1 Samuel 2:13-16 or for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling / and plunge it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or cooking pot. And the priest would claim for himself whatever the meat fork brought up. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh. / Even before the fat was burned, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he will not accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.” ... Leviticus 9:18-21 Then he slaughtered the ox and the ram as the people’s peace offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he splattered it on all sides of the altar. / They also brought the fat portions from the ox and the ram—the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver— / and placed these on the breasts. Aaron burned the fat portions on the altar, ... 2 Chronicles 31:4-6 Moreover, he commanded the people living in Jerusalem to make a contribution for the priests and Levites so that they could devote themselves to the Law of the LORD. / As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously provided the firstfruits of the grain, new wine, oil, and honey, and of all the produce of the field, and they brought in an abundance—a tithe of everything. / And the Israelites and Judahites who lived in the cities of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things consecrated to the LORD their God, and they laid them in large heaps. Nehemiah 10:37-39 Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where we labor. / A priest of Aaron’s line is to accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of these tithes to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God. / For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers stay. Thus we will not neglect the house of our God.” Malachi 3:8-10 Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings. / You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me. / Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure. Matthew 23:23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. Luke 11:42 Woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former. Romans 15:27 They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual blessings, they are obligated to minister to them with material blessings. Treasury of Scripture And the flesh of them shall be yours, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are yours. Exodus 29:26-28 And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall be thy part… Leviticus 7:31-34 And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'… Jump to Previous Breast Leg Meat Offering Right Shoulder Thigh Wave Wave-Breast Waved Wave-OfferingJump to Next Breast Leg Meat Offering Right Shoulder Thigh Wave Wave-Breast Waved Wave-OfferingNumbers 18 1. The charge of the priests and Levites8. The priests, portion 21. The Levites, 25. The heave offering to the priests out of the Levites' portion And their meat shall be yours This phrase signifies the provision and sustenance that God provides for the priests. The Hebrew word for "meat" here is "בָּשָׂר" (basar), which generally refers to flesh or food. In the context of the Levitical priesthood, this is a direct command from God, ensuring that the priests, who serve in the tabernacle, are provided for through the offerings of the people. This provision underscores the principle that those who serve God and His people are worthy of their sustenance from the work they do, a theme echoed in the New Testament (1 Corinthians 9:13-14). just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you 1. That the firstlings were given to the priest in the same sense as the peace offerings, i.e., only as regarded the breast and shoulder, while the rest went to the offerer. This, however, does obvious violence to the language, and is not supported by the Septuagint. 2. That as the priest was bound to consume the firstlings with his family, and could not sell them, he would be certainly disposed to invite the offerer to join him in the sacred meal. This may have been usually the case, but it was entirely within the option of the priest, and could scarcely be made the basis of a direct command, like that of Deuteronomy 15:19, still less of an indirect assumption, like that of Deuteronomy 12:17, 18, that the firstlings stood upon the same footing as free-will offerings and heave offerings. It is easier to suppose that the law was actually modified in this, as in some other particulars. Hebrew And their meatוּבְשָׂרָ֖ם (ū·ḇə·śā·rām) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man belongs to you, יִהְיֶה־ (yih·yeh-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be just as the breast כַּחֲזֵ֧ה (ka·ḥă·zêh) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2373: Breast (of animals) and right הַיָּמִ֖ין (hay·yā·mîn) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 3225: The right hand, side, the south thigh וּכְשׁ֥וֹק (ū·ḵə·šō·wq) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 7785: The, leg of the wave offering הַתְּנוּפָ֛ה (hat·tə·nū·p̄āh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8573: A brandishing, tumult, the official undulation of sacrificial offerings belong to you. יִהְיֶֽה׃ (yih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be Links Numbers 18:18 NIVNumbers 18:18 NLT Numbers 18:18 ESV Numbers 18:18 NASB Numbers 18:18 KJV Numbers 18:18 BibleApps.com Numbers 18:18 Biblia Paralela Numbers 18:18 Chinese Bible Numbers 18:18 French Bible Numbers 18:18 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 18:18 Their flesh shall be yours as (Nu Num.) |