Leviticus 23:20

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“The priest is to wave the lambs as a wave offering before the LORD, together with the bread of the firstfruits. The bread and the two lambs shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.”

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BSBPD

“The priest is to wave the lambs as a wave offering before the LORD, together with the bread of the firstfruits. The bread and the two lambs shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the Lord, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the Lord for the priest.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first-fruits for a wave-offering before Jehovah, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to Jehovah for the priest.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and the priest hath waved them, besides the bread of the first-<FI> fruits<Fi> --a wave-offering before Jehovah, besides the two lambs; they are holy to Jehovah for the priest;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Leviticus 23:20 — 10 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 7:29“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘Anyone who presents a peace offering to the LORD must bring it as his sacrifice to the LORD.
  3. Leviticus 8:29He also took the breast—Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination—and waved it before the LORD as a wave offering, as the LORD had commanded him.
  4. 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.
  5. Leviticus 23:17Bring two loaves of bread from your dwellings as a wave offering, each made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour, baked with leaven, as the firstfruits to the LORD.
  6. 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.
  7. Deuteronomy 18:4You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the first wool sheared from your flock.
  8. Luke 2:14“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests!”
  9. 1 Corinthians 9:11If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?
  10. Ephesians 2:14For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility

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

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