Leviticus 7:28-38

The Priests’ Share

28 The LORD said to Moses,
29 “Say to the Israelites: ‘Anyone who brings a fellowship offering to the LORD is to bring part of it as their sacrifice to the LORD.
30 With their own hands they are to present the food offering to the LORD; they are to bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast before the LORD as a wave offering.
31 The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.
32 You are to give the right thigh of your fellowship offerings to the priest as a contribution.
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 that is presented and have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons 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, the LORD commanded that the Israelites give this to them as their perpetual share for the generations to come.
37 These, then, are the regulations for the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the guilt offering, the ordination offering and the fellowship offering,
38 which the LORD gave Moses at Mount Sinai in the Desert of Sinai on the day he commanded the Israelites to bring their offerings to the LORD.

Leviticus 7:28-38 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 7

The several things contained in this chapter are the law of the trespass offering, Le 7:1-7 the portion the priests had in the burnt offerings and meat offerings, Le 7:8-10 the law of the peace offerings, whether by way of thanksgiving, or a vow, or voluntary oblation, Le 7:11-21 the prohibition of fat and blood, Le 7:22-27 the parts the priests should have in the peace offerings, the breast and right shoulder, Le 7:28-36 and the chapter is concluded with a recapitulation of the various things contained in this and the preceding chapters, Le 7:37,38.

Cross References 13

  • 1. S Exodus 29:24; Numbers 6:20
  • 2. S Exodus 29:13
  • 3. S Exodus 29:27; ver 34
  • 4. ver 34; Exodus 29:27; Leviticus 9:21; Leviticus 10:14,15; Numbers 5:9; Numbers 6:20; Numbers 18:18
  • 5. Exodus 29:22; Leviticus 10:15; Numbers 6:20; 1 Samuel 9:24
  • 6. S Exodus 29:27; Numbers 18:18-19
  • 7. Exodus 40:13,15; Leviticus 8:12,30
  • 8. Leviticus 6:9
  • 9. Leviticus 6:14
  • 10. S Exodus 29:31; ver 1,11
  • 11. Leviticus 26:46; Numbers 36:13; Deuteronomy 4:5; Deuteronomy 29:1
  • 12. S Exodus 19:11
  • 13. S Leviticus 1:2
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