Numbers 18:18
What does Numbers 18:18 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 18:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave-breast and as the right thigh, it shall be thine.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave-breast and as the right thigh, it shall be thine.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Their flesh is to be yours; like the breast of the wave offering and the right leg, it is to be yours.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and their flesh is thine, as the breast of the wave-offering, and as the right leg, it is thine;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But the flesh shall fall to thy use, as the consecrated breast, and the right shoulder shall be thine.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And their flesh shall be thine; as the wave-breast and as the right shoulder shall it be thine.
Context
v.17But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savor unto Jehovah.
v.18This passage
v.19All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto Jehovah, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, as a portion for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before Jehovah unto thee and to thy seed with thee.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 29:26
And thou shalt take the breast of Aaron’s ram of consecration, and wave it for a wave-offering before Jehovah: and it shall be thy portion.
- Leviticus 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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