Numbers 6:20

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
priest	הַכֹּהֵ֥ן ha.ko.Hen	H3548	literally one officiating · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
wave	וְהֵנִיף֩ ve.he.Nif	H5130	to quiver (i.e. vibrate up and down · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
offering	תְּנוּפָה֮ te.nu.Fah	H8573	a brandishing (in threat) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
before	לִפְנֵ֣י lif.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
LORD	יְהוָה֒ Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
holy	קֹ֤דֶשׁ Ko.desh	H6944	a sacred place or thing · noun, common masculine singular absolute
priest	לַכֹּהֵ֔ן la.ko.Hen	H3548	literally one officiating · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
wave	הַתְּנוּפָ֔ה ha.te.nu.Fah	H8573	a brandishing (in threat) · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
breast	חֲזֵ֣ה cha.Zeh	H2373	the breast (as most seen in front) · noun, common masculine singular construct
heave	הַתְּרוּמָ֑ה ha.te.ru.Mah	H8641	a present (as offered up) · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
shoulder	שׁ֣וֹק Shok	H7785	the (lower) leg (as a runner) · noun, common feminine singular construct
after	וְאַחַ֛ר ve.'a.Char	H310	properly · conjunction + cardinal number, masculine singular absolute
Nazarite	הַנָּזִ֖יר ha.na.Zir	H5139	separate · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine singular absolute
drink	יִשְׁתֶּ֥ה yish.Teh	H8354	to imbibe (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
wine	יָֽיִן Ya.yin	H3196	wine (as fermented) · noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Ecclesiastes 9:7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Exodus 29:27-28 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of…
Numbers 5:25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman’s hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it upon the…
Leviticus 7:31 And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.
Leviticus 7:34 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…
Leviticus 9:21 And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded.
Leviticus 10:15 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 th…
Leviticus 23:11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 6:1-21

After the law for the discovery and shame of those that by sin had made themselves vile, fitly follows this for the direction and encouragement of those who by their eminent piety and devotion had made themselves honourable, and distinguished themselves from their neighbours. It is very probable that there were those before the making of this law who went under the character of Nazarites, and were celebrated by that title as persons professing greater strictness and zeal in religion than other people; for the vow of a Nazarite is spoken of here as a thing already well known, but the obligation of it is reduced to a greater certainty than hitherto it had been. Joseph is called a Nazarite amon…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 6:13

when the days of his separation are fulfilled, &c.--On the accomplishment of a limited vow of Nazaritism, Nazarites might cut their hair wherever they happened to be (Act 18:18); but the hair was to be carefully kept and brought to the door of the sanctuary. Then after the presentation of sin offerings and burnt offerings, it was put under the vessel in which the peace offerings were boiled; and the priest, taking the shoulder (Lev 7:32), when boiled, and a cake and wafer of the meat offering, put them on the hands of the Nazarites to wave before the Lord, as a token of thanksgiving, and thus released them from their vow.

John Gill on Numbers 6:20

And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord,.... Putting his hands under the Nazarite's, as in other cases where this ceremony was used; and so moving them to and fro, backwards and forwards, upwards and downwards, testifying hereby the goodness of God unto him, his sovereign dominion over him, that all he had depended on him, and was received from him; and that all he did, particularly in keeping his vow of Nazariteship, was through his assistance, and for which he made this grateful acknowledgment by delivering the above, together with what follows, to his priest: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder; besides these which were given hi…

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Dictionary and topics

Heave offering — Heb. terumah, (Ex. 29:27) means simply an offering, a present, including all the offerings made by the Israelites as a present. This Hebrew word is frequently employed. Some of the rabbis attach to…
Nazarite — (Heb. form Nazirite), the name of such Israelites as took on them the vow prescribed in Num. 6:2-21. The word denotes generally one who is separated from others and consecrated to God. Although there…
Samson — Of the sun, the son of Manoah, born at Zorah. The narrative of his life is given in Judg. 13-16. He was a “Nazarite unto God” from his birth, the first Nazarite mentioned in Scripture (Judg. 13:3-5;…
Wave Offering — This rite, together with that of “heaving” or “raising” the offering was an inseparable accompaniment of peace offerings. In such the right shoulder, considered the choicest part of the victim, was…
Fraternity · .The Nazarites, vows of — .The Nazarites, vows of
Nazarite · Law concerning — Law concerning
Nazarites · On completion of vow: To have the left shoulder of the ram of the peace offering waved upon their hands by the priest — On completion of vow: To have the left shoulder of the ram of the peace offering waved upon their hands by the priest
Priests · Revenues of: Part of all sacrifices — Revenues of: Part of all sacrifices

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Numbers 6:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 6:1-21

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 6:13

John Gill on Numbers 6:20

Dictionary and topics

Numbers 6:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 6:1-21

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 6:13

John Gill on Numbers 6:20

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Numbers 6:1-21

Keil & Delitzsch on Numbers 6:1-21

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 6:9-21

Rashi on Numbers 6:20