Leviticus 7:34 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³⁴ For the breast that is waved and the thigh that is offered I have taken from the people of Israel, out of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons, as a perpetual due from the people of Israel.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁴ For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁴ For I have taken the breast that was waved and the thigh that was offered from the Israelites, out of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons as their perpetual due from the Israelites.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁴ For the wave-breast and the heave-thigh have I taken of the children of Israel out of the sacrifices of their peace-offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons as their portion for ever from the children of Israel.

Common English Bible

³⁴ I have taken the breast of the uplifted offering and the thigh that is given by the Israelites from their communal sacrifices of well-being, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons as a permanent portion from the Israelites.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁴ So then, the breast that is lifted up, and the shoulder that is separated, I have taken from the sons of Israel, from their victims of peace offerings, and I have given these to Aaron the priest and to his sons, as a law in perpetuity, from all the people of Israel.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁴ For the breast that is elevated and the shoulder that is separated I have taken of the children of Israel, from off their victims of peace-offerings: and have given them to Aaron the priest, and to his sons, by a law for ever, from all the people of Israel.

Leviticus 7:34 Cross References

Exodus 29:26

“And you shall take the breast of the ram of Aaron's ordination and wave if for a wave offering before the Lord; and it shall be your portion.

Exodus 29:9

and you shall gird them with girdles and bind caps on them; and the priesthood shall be theirs by a perpetual statute. Thus you shall ordain Aaron and his sons.

Leviticus 3:17

It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations, in all your dwelling places, that you eat neither fat nor blood.”

Leviticus 7:33

he among the sons of Aaron who offers the blood of the peace offerings and the fat shall have the right thigh for a portion.

Numbers 5:9

And every offering, all the holy things of the people of Israel, which they bring to the priest, shall be his;

Numbers 6:20

and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord; they are a holy portion for the priest, together with the breast that is waved and the thigh that is offered; and after that the Nazirite may drink wine.

Numbers 8:11

and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the Lord as a wave offering from the people of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 18:3

And this shall be the priests' due from the people, from those offering a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep: they shall give to the priest the shoulder and the two cheeks and the stomach.