Numbers 18:18
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And their flesh shall be for you as the breast of the offering and shall be like the right shoulder for you.

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.

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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But the flesh shall fall to thy use, as the consecrated breast, and the right shoulder shall be thine.

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.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave-breast and as the right thigh, it shall be thine.

Literal Standard Version
and their flesh is yours, as the breast of the wave-offering and as the right leg are yours.

Majority Standard Bible
And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you.

New American Bible
Their meat, however, shall be yours, just as the brisket of the elevated offering and the right thigh 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 Revised Standard Version
but their flesh shall be yours, just as the breast that is elevated and as the right thigh are 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.

Young's Literal Translation
and their flesh is thine, as the breast of the wave-offering, and as the right leg, it is thine;

Additional Translations ...
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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
The priest is to burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.

Leviticus 7:34
I have taken from the sons of Israel the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons as a permanent portion from the sons of Israel.'"

1 Samuel 9:24
So the cook picked up the leg and what was attached to it and set it before Saul. Then Samuel said, "Here is what was kept back. It was set apart for you. Eat, for it has been kept for you for this occasion, from the time I said, 'I have invited the people.'" So Saul dined with Samuel that day.


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'…

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(18) And the flesh of them shall be thine . . . --In Deuteronomy 12:17-18, the firstlings of the herd and of the flock are directed to be eaten by the owners in the place which the Lord should choose. Either the law as prescribed in Numbers was subsequently modified, or the second clause of this verse explains and qualifies the preceding clause, and assigns only the wave breast and the right shoulder (or, rather, leg) to the priests. (Comp. Leviticus 10:14-15.)

Verse 18. - The flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine. This is on the face of it inconsistent with the direction given in Deuteronomy 15:19, 20, that the flesh of the first-lings should be eaten by the offerers in the holy place (cf. also Deuteronomy 12:17, 18). Two explanations have been proposed.

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.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And their meat
וּבְשָׂרָ֖ם (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


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