Leviticus 23:11

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“And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD so that it may be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.”

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BSBPD

“And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD so that it may be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and he shall wave the sheaf before Jehovah, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“then he hath waved the sheaf before Jehovah for your acceptance; on the morrow of the sabbath doth the priest wave it.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Leviticus 23:11 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 29:24Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and wave them before the LORD as a wave offering.
  2. Leviticus 9:21but he waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before the LORD, as Moses had commanded.
  3. 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.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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