Numbers Chapter 18 verse 18 Holy Bible
And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave-breast and as the right thigh, it shall be thine.
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Their flesh is to be yours; like the breast of the wave offering and the right leg, it is to be yours.
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And their flesh shall be thine; as the wave-breast and as the right shoulder shall it be thine.
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And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.
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And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave-breast and as the right shoulder are thine
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The flesh of them shall be your, as the wave-breast and as the right thigh, it shall be yours.
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and their flesh is thine, as the breast of the wave-offering, and as the right leg, it is thine;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 18. - The flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine. This is on the face of it inconsistent with the direction given in Deuteronomy 15:19, 20, that the flesh of the first-lings should be eaten by the offerers in the holy place (cf. also Deuteronomy 12:17, 18). Two explanations have been proposed. 1. That the firstlings were given to the priest in the same sense as the peace offerings, i.e., only as regarded the breast and shoulder, while the rest went to the offerer. This, however, does obvious violence to the language, and is not supported by the Septuagint. 2. That as the priest was bound to consume the firstlings with his family, and could not sell them, he would be certainly disposed to invite the offerer to join him in the sacred meal. This may have been usually the case, but it was entirely within the option of the priest, and could scarcely be made the basis of a direct command, like that of Deuteronomy 15:19, still less of an indirect assumption, like that of Deuteronomy 12:17, 18, that the firstlings stood upon the same footing as free-will offerings and heave offerings. It is easier to suppose that the law was actually modified in this, as in some other particulars.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) And the flesh of them shall be thine . . . --In Deuteronomy 12:17-18, the firstlings of the herd and of the flock are directed to be eaten by the owners in the place which the Lord should choose. Either the law as prescribed in Numbers was subsequently modified, or the second clause of this verse explains and qualifies the preceding clause, and assigns only the wave breast and the right shoulder (or, rather, leg) to the priests. (Comp. Leviticus 10:14-15.)
