Leviticus 10:14

And you and your sons and daughters may eat the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution in a ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you and your children from the peace offerings of the sons of Israel.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Moses delivers divine instructions to Aaron and the surviving priests regarding the distribution of sacrificial portions immediately following the judgment on Nadab and Abihu.

The words — The text highlights חֲזֵה הַתְּנוּפָה (ḥăzêh hatṭĕnûpâ, "breast of the wave offering") and שׁוֹק הַתְּרוּמָה (šôq hatṭĕrûmâ, "thigh of the contribution") as specific meat portions designated for priestly consumption.

The thread — This allocation is reiterated in Numbers 18:11 as a permanent priestly grant, while Exodus 29:24 and Leviticus 7:29 establish the ritual practice of presenting these same portions as wave offerings before the LORD.

Why it lands — The text assigns the breast and thigh of peace offerings to Aaron’s family for consumption in a ceremonially clean place. This regulation requires strict observance of ritual purity while formally securing the hereditary sustenance of the priesthood.

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The Hebrew words

וְאֵת֩ve./'Etand/ <obj.>חֲזֵ֨הcha.Zeh[the] breast of הַתְּנוּפָ֜הha./te.nu.Fahthe/ wave-offering וְאֵ֣ת׀ve./'Etand/ <obj.>שׁ֣וֹקShok[the] thigh of הַתְּרוּמָ֗הha./te.ru.Mahthe/ contribution תֹּֽאכְלוּ֙to.khe.Luyou will eat בְּמָק֣וֹםbe./ma.Komin/ a place טָה֔וֹרta.Horpure אַתָּ֕ה'a.Tahyou וּבָנֶ֥יךָu./va.Nei./khaand/ sons/ your וּבְנֹתֶ֖יךָu./ve.no.Tei./khaand/ daughters/ your אִתָּ֑ךְ'i.Ta/khwith/ you כִּֽי־ki-for חָקְךָ֤cha.ke./Chaprescribed portion/ your וְחָק־ve./chok-and/ [the] prescribed portion of בָּנֶ֙יךָ֙ba.Nei./khachildren/ your נִתְּנ֔וּni.te.Nuthey have been given מִזִּבְחֵ֥יmi./ziv.Cheifrom/ [the] sacrifices of שַׁלְמֵ֖יshal.Mei[the] peace offerings of בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] people of יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElIsrael

King James Version

And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons’ due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.

Cross-references

Numbers 18:11 And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat it.
Exodus 29:24 Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and wave them before the LORD as a wave offering.
Leviticus 7:29 “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘Anyone who presents a peace offering to the LORD must bring it as his sacrifice to the LORD.
Leviticus 9:21 but he waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before the LORD, as Moses had commanded.
John 4:34 Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.