Bible Strands
Numbers 18:18
And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses Moses and Aaron, establishing the material provision for the priestly lineage. This directive occurs during the formal organization of tabernacle service and the Levitical covenant.
The words — The Hebrew יִהְיֶה (yih.yeh) translates as "it will belong," marking a fixed future possession. The term בְּשָׂרָ֖ם (ve.sa.Ra/m) means "their meat," referring directly to the flesh of the consecrated firstborn animals.
The thread — This allocation pattern repeats the priestly portion of the wave offering recorded in Exodus 29:26 and Leviticus 7:31. The same structural rule for sacred meat appears throughout the Torah's ritual legislation.
Why it lands — The text requires the priests to accept the designated meat as their permanent inheritance without redemption or exchange. Readers must recognize this as a functional provision for temple service rather than a personal blessing.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.
Cross-references
- Exodus 29:26 Take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s ordination and wave it before the LORD as a wave offering, and it will be your portion.
- Leviticus 7:31 The priest is to burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.