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Numbers 6:20

King James Version (KJV)

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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

Commentary

Commentary on Numbers 6:20

Theological / Devotional

Wave them. The priest waved and received for himself a larger portion of the offering of the Nazirite than he did of any other offering, for the “sodden shoulder” is in addition to the right shoulder (or right thigh) that was already assigned to him (see Lev. 7:30–33).

Holy for the priest. This alludes to the boiled shoulder, the extra portion mentioned in v. 19. The Nazirite presumably ate of the sacrificial meal after he was discharged by the priest.

May drink wine. Probably permissive, referring to the future; the man was now free to live as other men lived. The word for “wine” is the same as in v. 3.

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