26 “Then you shall take (A)the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration and wave it as a wave offering before the Lord; and it shall be your portion. 27 And from the ram of the consecration you shall consecrate (B)the breast of the wave offering which is waved, and the thigh of the heave offering which is raised, of that which is for Aaron and of that which is for his sons. 28 It shall be from the children of Israel for Aaron and his sons (C)by a statute forever. For it is a heave offering; (D)it shall be a heave offering from the children of Israel from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, that is, their heave offering to the Lord.

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26 After you take the breast of the ram for Aaron’s ordination, wave it before the Lord as a wave offering, and it will be your share.(A)

27 “Consecrate those parts of the ordination ram that belong to Aaron and his sons:(B) the breast that was waved and the thigh that was presented. 28 This is always to be the perpetual share from the Israelites for Aaron and his sons. It is the contribution the Israelites are to make to the Lord from their fellowship offerings.(C)

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31 (A)And the priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the (B)breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’. 32 (C)Also the right thigh you shall give to the priest as a heave offering from the sacrifices of your peace offerings. 33 He among the sons of Aaron, who offers the blood of the peace offering and the fat, shall have the right thigh for his part. 34 For (D)the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering I have taken from the children of Israel, from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons from the children of Israel by a statute forever.’ ”

35 This is the consecrated portion for Aaron and his sons, from the offerings made by fire to the Lord, on the day when Moses presented them to [a]minister to the Lord as priests. 36 The Lord commanded this to be given to them by the children of Israel, (E)on the day that He anointed them, by a statute forever throughout their generations.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 7:35 serve

31 The priest shall burn the fat on the altar,(A) but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.(B) 32 You are to give the right thigh of your fellowship offerings to the priest as a contribution.(C) 33 The son of Aaron who offers the blood and the fat of the fellowship offering shall have the right thigh as his share. 34 From the fellowship offerings of the Israelites, I have taken the breast that is waved and the thigh(D) that is presented and have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons(E) as their perpetual share from the Israelites.’”

35 This is the portion of the food offerings presented to the Lord that were allotted to Aaron and his sons on the day they were presented to serve the Lord as priests. 36 On the day they were anointed,(F) the Lord commanded that the Israelites give this to them as their perpetual share for the generations to come.

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