Leviticus 9:21
Good News Translation
and presented the breasts and the right hind legs as the special gift to the LORD for the priests, as Moses had commanded.

New Revised Standard Version
and the breasts and the right thigh Aaron raised as an elevation offering before the LORD, as Moses had commanded.

Contemporary English Version
Then Aaron burned the fat on the altar and lifted up the ribs and the right hind leg to show that these were dedicated to the LORD. This was done just as the LORD had instructed Moses.

New American Bible
but the briskets and the right thigh he raised as an elevated offering before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Aaron separated their breasts, and the right shoulders, elevating them before the Lord, as Moses had commanded.

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Aaron separated their breasts, and the right shoulders, elevating them before the Lord, as Moses had commanded.

the breasts

Leviticus 7:24,26,30-34 The fat of a carcass that hath died of itself, and of a beast that was caught by another beast, you shall have for divers uses. . . .

Exodus 29:27,28 And thou shalt sanctify both the consecrated breast, and the shoulder that thou didst separate of the ram, . . .

Isaiah 49:3 And he said to me: Thou art my servant Israel, for in thee will I glory.

Luke 2:13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army, praising God and saying:

1 Peter 4:11 If any man speak, let him speak, as the words of God. If any minister, let him do it, as of the power which God administereth: that in all things God may be honoured through Jesus Christ: to whom is glory and empire for ever and ever. Amen.

Context
The Offerings for the People
20They put upon the breasts. And after the fat was burnt upon the altar, 21Aaron separated their breasts, and the right shoulders, elevating them before the Lord, as Moses had commanded.22And stretching forth his hands to the people, he blessed them. And so the victims for sin, and the holocausts, and the peace offerings being finished, he came down.…
Cross References
Exodus 29:26
Thou shalt take also the breast of the ram, wherewith Aaron was consecrated, and elevating it thou shalt sanctify it before the Lord, and it shall fall to thy share.

Exodus 29:27
And thou shalt sanctify both the consecrated breast, and the shoulder that thou didst separate of the ram,

Leviticus 7:30
He shall hold in his hands the fat of the victim, and the breast. And when he hath offered and consecrated both to the Lord, he shall deliver them to the priest,

Leviticus 7:32
The right shoulder also of the victim, of peace offerings shall fall to the priest for firstfruits.

Leviticus 9:20
They put upon the breasts. And after the fat was burnt upon the altar,

Leviticus 9:20
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