Numbers 6:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.”

Numbers 6:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Numbers 6:20 in 6 Bible Translations

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Numbers 6:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh. They are holy for the priest, together with the breast that is waved and the thigh that is offered. After that the Nazirite may drink wine.”

Numbers 6:20 — World English Bible

Numbers 6:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“and the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before Jehovah; this is holy for the priest, together with the wave-breast and heave-thigh: and after that the Nazirite may drink wine. ”

Numbers 6:20 — American Standard Version

Numbers 6:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and the priest hath waved them, a wave-offering before Jehovah; it <FI>is<Fi> holy to the priest, besides the breast of the wave-offering, and besides the leg of the heave-offering; and afterwards doth the Nazarite drink wine.”

Numbers 6:20 — Young's Literal Translation

Numbers 6:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And the priest shall wave them as wave-offering before Jehovah; it is holy for the priest, with the breast of the wave-offering and with the shoulder of the heave-offering; and afterwards the Nazarite may drink wine. ”

Numbers 6:20 — Darby Translation

Numbers 6:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And the Priest shall shake them to and from before the Lord: this is an holy thing for the Priest besides the shaken breast, and besides the heaue shoulder: so afterwarde the Nazarite may drinke wine.”

Numbers 6:20 — Geneva Bible

Numbers 6:20 in Context — Numbers 6

18 And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.

19 And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven:

20 And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.

21 This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the Lord for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation.

22 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

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