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Num. 6:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the priest
kohen (Hebrew #3548)
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
KJV usage: chief ruler, X own, priest, prince, principal officer.
Pronounce: ko-hane'
Origin: active participle of 3547
shall wave
nuwph (Hebrew #5130)
to quiver (i.e. vibrate up and down, or rock to and fro); used in a great variety of applications (including sprinkling, beckoning, rubbing, bastinadoing, sawing, waving, etc.)
KJV usage: lift up, move, offer, perfume, send, shake, sift, strike, wave.
Pronounce: noof
Origin: a primitive root
them for a wave offering
tnuwphah (Hebrew #8573)
a brandishing (in threat); by implication, tumult; specifically, the official undulation of sacrificial offerings
KJV usage: offering, shaking, wave (offering).
Pronounce: ten-oo-faw'
Origin: from 5130
before
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
: this is holy
qodesh (Hebrew #6944)
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
KJV usage: consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (X most) holy (X day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.
Pronounce: ko'-desh
Origin: from 6942
for the priest
kohen (Hebrew #3548)
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
KJV usage: chief ruler, X own, priest, prince, principal officer.
Pronounce: ko-hane'
Origin: active participle of 3547
, with the wave
tnuwphah (Hebrew #8573)
a brandishing (in threat); by implication, tumult; specifically, the official undulation of sacrificial offerings
KJV usage: offering, shaking, wave (offering).
Pronounce: ten-oo-faw'
Origin: from 5130
breast
chazeh (Hebrew #2373)
the breast (as most seen in front)
KJV usage: breast.
Pronounce: khaw-zeh'
Origin: from 2372
and heave
truwmah (Hebrew #8641)
from 7311; a present (as offered up), especially in sacrifice or as tribute
KJV usage: gift, heave offering ((shoulder)), oblation, offered(-ing).
Pronounce: ter-oo-maw'
Origin: or trumah (Deut. 12:11) {ter-oo-maw'}
shoulder
showq (Hebrew #7785)
the (lower) leg (as a runner)
KJV usage: hip, leg, shoulder, thigh.
Pronounce: shoke
Origin: from 7783
: and after
'achar (Hebrew #310)
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
KJV usage: after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
Pronounce: akh-ar'
Origin: from 309
that the Nazarite
naziyr (Hebrew #5139)
from 5144; separate, i.e. consecrated (as prince, a Nazirite); hence (figuratively from the latter) an unpruned vine (like an unshorn Nazirite)
KJV usage: Nazarite (by a false alliteration with Nazareth), separate(-d), vine undressed.
Pronounce: naw-zeer'
Origin: or nazir {naw-zeer'}
may drink
shathah (Hebrew #8354)
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X assuredly, banquet, X certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk (X -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of 8248.)
Pronounce: shaw-thaw'
Origin: a primitive root
wine
yayin (Hebrew #3196)
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
KJV usage: banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).
Pronounce: yah'-yin
Origin: from an unused root meaning to effervesce
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More on:

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Nazarite,
Priest; Priesthood,
Shoulder,
Wave-Offering,
Wine

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the priest shall.
Num. 5:25• 25And the priest shall take out of the woman's hand the oblation of jealousy, and shall wave the oblation before Jehovah, and shall present it at the altar. (Num. 5:25)
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Ex. 29:27‑28• 27And thou shalt hallow the breast of the wave-offering, and the shoulder of the heave-offering, that hath been waved and heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons.
 28And they shall be for Aaron and his sons, as an everlasting statute, on the part of the children of Israel; for it is a heave-offering; and it shall be a heave-offering on the part of the children of Israel of the sacrifices of their peace-offerings, as their heave-offering to Jehovah. (Ex. 29:27‑28)
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Lev. 9:21• 21and the breast-pieces and the right shoulder Aaron waved as a wave-offering before Jehovah, as Moses had commanded. (Lev. 9:21)
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Lev. 10:15• 15The shoulder of the heave-offering and the breast of the wave-offering shall they bring, with the fire-offering of the pieces of fat, to wave them as a wave-offering before Jehovah; and they shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, for an everlasting statute, as Jehovah has commanded. (Lev. 10:15)
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Lev. 23:11• 11And he shall wave the sheaf before Jehovah, to be accepted for you; on the next day after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. (Lev. 23:11)
with the wave.
Num. 18:18• 18And their flesh shall be thine; as the wave-breast and as the right shoulder shall it be thine. (Num. 18:18)
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Lev. 7:31,34• 31And the priest shall burn the fat on the altar; and the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'.
 34For the breast of the wave-offering, and the shoulder of the heave-offering, have I taken of the children of Israel from the sacrifices of their peace-offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons from the children of Israel by an everlasting statute. (Lev. 7:31,34)
and after.
Psa. 16:10‑11• 10For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol, neither wilt thou allow thy Holy One to see corruption.
 11Thou wilt make known to me the path of life: thy countenance is fulness of joy; at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore. (Psa. 16:10‑11)
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Eccl. 9:7• 7Go, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works. (Eccl. 9:7)
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Isa. 25:6• 6And in this mountain will Jehovah of hosts make unto all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. (Isa. 25:6)
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Isa. 35:10• 10And the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come to Zion with singing; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. (Isa. 35:10)
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Isa. 53:10‑12• 10Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath subjected him to suffering. When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see a seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.
 11He shall see of the fruit of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant instruct many in righteousness; and *he* shall bear their iniquities.
 12Therefore will I assign him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong: because he hath poured out his soul unto death, and was reckoned with the transgressors; and he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. (Isa. 53:10‑12)
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Zech. 9:15,17• 15Jehovah of hosts will defend them; and they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling-stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as from wine; and they shall be filled like a bowl, like the corners of the altar.
 17For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Corn shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the maidens. (Zech. 9:15,17)
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Zech. 10:7• 7And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their hearts shall rejoice as through wine; and their children shall see it, and rejoice; their heart shall be joyful in Jehovah. (Zech. 10:7)
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Matt. 26:29• 29But I say to you, that I will not at all drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in the kingdom of my Father. (Matt. 26:29)
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Mark 14:25• 25Verily I say to you, I will no more drink at all of the fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God. (Mark 14:25)
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John 17:4‑5• 4I have glorified *thee* on the earth, I have completed the work which thou gavest me that I should do it;
 5and now glorify *me*, *thou* Father, along with thyself, with the glory which I had along with thee before the world was. (John 17:4‑5)
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John 19:30• 30When therefore Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished; and having bowed his head, he delivered up his spirit. (John 19:30)
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2 Tim. 4:7‑8• 7I have combated the good combat, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
 8Henceforth the crown of righteousness is laid up for me, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will render to me in that day; but not only to me, but also to all who love his appearing. (2 Tim. 4:7‑8)
• I believe this specially applies to His people here below, to the Jewish remnant in the latter days. Their partaking of the Holy Spirit will be joy and delight. Something similar, however, awaits us, but in a still better way. (“Numbers 6” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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.