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And the priest shall wave them [for] a wave offering before the LORD: this [is] holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.

And the priest {H3548} shall wave {H5130} them for a wave offering {H8573} before {H6440} the LORD {H3068}: this is holy {H6944} for the priest {H3548}, with the wave {H8573} breast {H2373} and heave {H8641} shoulder {H7785}: and after {H310} that the Nazarite {H5139} may drink {H8354} wine {H3196}.

The cohen is to wave them as a wave offering before ADONAI; this is set aside for the cohen, along with the breast for waving and the raised-up thigh. Following that, the nazir may drink wine.

The priest shall then wave them as a wave offering before the LORD. This is a holy portion for the priest, in addition to the breast of the wave offering and the thigh that was presented. After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.

and the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before Jehovah; this is holy for the priest, together with the wave-breast and heave-thigh: and after that the Nazirite may drink wine.

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Cross-References

  • Ecclesiastes 9:7 (4 votes)

    Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

  • Numbers 5:25 (3 votes)

    Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it upon the altar:

  • Exodus 29:27 (3 votes)

    And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, [even] of [that] which [is] for Aaron, and of [that] which is for his sons:

  • Exodus 29:28 (3 votes)

    And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it [is] an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, [even] their heave offering unto the LORD.

  • Zechariah 10:7 (2 votes)

    And [they of] Ephraim shall be like a mighty [man], and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see [it], and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.

  • Mark 14:25 (2 votes)

    Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.

  • John 17:4 (2 votes)

    I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.