Numbers 6:20
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Numbers 6:20 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Numbers 6:20 is a verse from the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast an..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Numbers 6:20 — 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 (KJV)
Numbers 6:20 in Context — About the Book of Numbers
Numbers follows Israel through forty years of wilderness — a journey that should have taken eleven days. It is an honest record of grumbling, unbelief, and consequence, but also of God's patient provision: manna, water, guidance by cloud and fire, and the famous priestly blessing.
Cross-References for Numbers 6:20
“The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by a statute for ever; as the LORD hath commanded.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 6:20: wave, offering, before
“His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 6:20: wave, offering, before
“For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 6:20: priest, wave, offering
“And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 6:20: wave, offering, before
“And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 6:20: priest, wave, offering
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