Thematic Bible: Belonged to the priests


Thematic Bible



The priest should present the bread with the two lambs as a special gift to Jehovah for the priests. These offerings are holy. Verse ConceptsAnimal Sacrifices, Wave OfferingSwingingFirst fruits

I also give you the first of the produce they give Jehovah. It is the best of all the olive oil and the best of the new wine and fresh grain. The first of all produce harvested in their land that they bring to Jehovah are yours. Anyone in your household who is clean may eat it.

When cattle or sheep are sacrificed, the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jaw, and the stomach. They are to receive the first share of the grain, wine, olive oil, and wool. Jehovah chose from all your tribes the tribe of Levi to serve him and his sons as priests forever.

The contributions that come as gifts taken from the offerings presented by the Israelites are also yours. I give these to you, your sons, and your daughters. They will be yours from generation to generation. Anyone in your household who is clean may eat them. Verse ConceptsdaughtersWave OfferingsPerpetual StatutesAnimal Sacrifices, Wave OfferingPermitted To Eat Offerings

The priest should present the bread with the two lambs as a special gift to Jehovah for the priests. These offerings are holy. Verse ConceptsAnimal Sacrifices, Wave OfferingSwingingFirst fruits


I have taken the breast and thigh that was presented to me from the contribution offering from the Israelites. I have given them to the priest Aaron and his sons. This is a long lasting law for generations to come. Verse ConceptsWave OfferingsThighs Of AnimalsFood For Priests Defined

You may eat the choice breast from this second ram, but you must first lift them up to show that this meat is dedicated to me. You shall consecrate the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering which was waved and which was offered from the ram of ordination, from the one that was for Aaron and from the one that was for his sons. It will be for Aaron and his sons as their long lasting portion from the sons of Israel. It is a heave offering. It will be a heave offering from the sons of Israel from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, even their heave offering to Jehovah.

The priest will burn the fat on the altar. However, the breast will belong to Aaron and his sons. Verse ConceptsFat Of The SacrificesFood For Priests DefinedPriests Possessing

Moses also took the breast from the ram of the ordination offering and presented it to Jehovah. It was Moses' share, as Jehovah commanded. Verse ConceptsAnimal Sacrifices, Wave OfferingSwinging

First he took the breasts and the right thighs and presented them to Jehovah just as Moses commanded. Verse ConceptsWave OfferingsAnimal Sacrifices, Wave OfferingSwingingThighs Of AnimalsOther Right Partsbreasts

Anything in Israel that is claimed by Jehovah is yours. Verse ConceptsUnder The Ban