Exodus 29:28
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’ by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the Lord.”
King James Version · Public Domain“and it shall be for Aaron and his sons as their portion for ever from the children of Israel; for it is a heave-offering: and it shall be a heave-offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifices of their peace-offerings, even their heave-offering unto Jehovah.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and it hath been for Aaron and for his sons, by a statute age-during from the sons of Israel, for it <FI>is<Fi> a heave-offering; and it is a heave offering from the sons of Israel, from the sacrifices of their peace-offerings--their heave-offering to Jehovah.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 29:28 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 28:2Make holy garments for your brother Aaron, to give him glory and splendor.
- Exodus 29:27Consecrate 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.
- Leviticus 3:1“If one’s offering is a peace offering and he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he must present it without blemish before the LORD.
- Leviticus 7:11Now this is the law of the peace offering that one may present to the LORD:
- Leviticus 10:14And 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.
- Leviticus 10:15They are to bring the thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering, together with the fat portions of the offerings made by fire, to wave as a wave offering before the LORD. It will belong permanently to you and your children, as the LORD has commanded.”
- Numbers 5:9Every sacred contribution the Israelites bring to the priest shall belong to him.
- Numbers 5:10Each man’s sacred gifts are his own, but whatever he gives to the priest will belong to the priest.”
- Numbers 6:20The 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.
- Numbers 15:19and you eat the food of the land, you shall lift up an offering to the LORD.
- Numbers 15:21Throughout your generations, you are to give the LORD an offering from the first of your dough.
- Numbers 18:8Then the LORD said to Aaron, “Behold, I have put you in charge of My offerings. As for all the sacred offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute.
- Numbers 18:24For I have given to the Levites as their inheritance the tithe that the Israelites present to the LORD as a contribution. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”
- Numbers 18:29You must present the offering due the LORD from all the best of every gift, the holiest part of it.’
- Numbers 20:28After Moses had removed Aaron’s garments and put them on his son Eleazar, Aaron died there on top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
- Numbers 31:29Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the LORD.
- Numbers 31:41Moses gave the tribute to Eleazar the priest as an offering for the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Deuteronomy 18:3This 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.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).