Leviticus 7:31

Modern

The priest is to burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.

Traditional

And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.

Literal

And the priest shall burn the fat on the altar, and the breast shall be for Aaron and for his sons.

Latin

…qui adolebit adipem super altare, pectusculum autem erit Aaron et filiorum ejus.

Hebrew

English

The priest is to burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.

Theme notes and profiles

Leviticus 3:5
Then Aaron’s sons are to burn it on the altar atop the burnt offering that is on the burning wood, as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Leviticus 3:11
Then the priest is to burn them on the altar as food, a food offering to the LORD.
Leviticus 7:34
I have taken from the sons of Israel the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons as a permanent portion from the sons of Israel.’”
Leviticus 3:16
Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as a food offering, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the LORD’s.
Numbers 18:18
And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you.
Leviticus 8:29
He also took the breast—Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination—and waved it before the LORD as a wave offering, as the LORD had commanded him.
Leviticus 5:13
In this way the priest will make atonement for him for any of these sins he has committed, and he will be forgiven. The remainder will belong to the priest, like the grain offering.”
Leviticus 6:26
The priest who offers it shall eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
Leviticus 6:16
Aaron and his sons are to eat the remainder. It must be eaten without leaven in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.

Aaron: Moses' brother, first high priest of Israel