Also you shall take some of the ram’s fat, the fat tail, the fat that covers the innards, the cover of the liver, the two kidneys, the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of consecration), and one loaf of bread, one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of unleavened bread that is before Yahweh. You shall put all of this in Aaron’s hands, and in his sons’ hands, and shall wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh. You shall take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar on the burnt offering, for a pleasant aroma before Yahweh: it is an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
“You shall take the breast of Aaron’s ram of consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before Yahweh. It shall be your portion. You shall sanctify the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the wave offering, which is waved, and which is raised up, of the ram of consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons.
Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv22, 26, 27 Which is offered for the consecration of the high…
Which is offered for the consecration of the high Priest.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv22–27 Exo 29:22 Also thou shalt take of the ram…
Exo 29:22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul [above] the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that [is] upon them, and the right shoulder; for it [is] a ram of consecration:
Ver. 22. A ram of consecration.] A thank offering to God for advancing Aaron to the priesthood. See the like in St Paul, 1Ti 1:12.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv22, 24, 26, 27 Of the priests in their office. Therefore the right…
Of the priests in their office. Therefore the right shoulder was burnt, which in other sacrifices was given to the priest.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv22–27 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat…
Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump,.... The fat which was upon it: the sheep in Arabia and about Judea were remarkable for their large tails; according to Rauwolff (z), they were half a span thick, and one and a half broad, and very fat; and so in Africa and Egypt were rams of large tails often and twenty pounds weight (a); and Aristotle (b) speaks of sheep in Syria that had tails a cubit broad; and Herodotus (c) makes mention of two sorts in Arabia, one sort have tails three cubits long, which if drawn upon the ground would ulcerate, wherefore the shepherds make little carts to bear them upon (d), and the other sort have tails a cubit broad; and Vartomanus (e) relates, how in Arabia are fat sheep whose tails weigh eleven, twelve, seventeen, nay, forty four pounds, and of a cubit long:
and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them: See Gill on Exo 29:13.
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and the right shoulder; what was to be done with it is afterwards observed as well as with the rest:
for it is a ram of consecration; or "of fillings" (f); Jarchi says, the Scripture declares these fillings to be peace offerings, for they minister peace to the altar, and to him that does the service, and to the owners; wherefore the breast was necessarily his that did the service for his portion, and this was Moses, for he ministered in the fillings, and the rest Aaron and his sons ate, for they were the owners.
(z) Travels, p. 221. (a) Leo. African. Descript. Africae, l. 9. p. 753. (b) Hist. Animal. l. 8, c. 28. (c) Thalia sive, l. 3. c. 113. (d) The same is observed in T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 54. 2. & Gloss. in. ib. (e) Navigat. l. 2. c. 5, 9, 15. (f) "impletionum", Montanus, Vatablus, Piscator.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On v22 Part of it was to be first waved before…
Part of it was to be first waved before the Lord, and then burnt upon the altar, these were first put into the hands of Aaron to be waved to and fro in token of their being offered to God, and then they were to be burnt upon the altar, for the altar was to devour God's part of the sacrifice. Thus God admitted Aaron and his sons to wait at his table, taking the meat of his altar from their hands. Here, in a parenthesis as it were, comes in the law concerning the priests part of the peace-offerings afterwards, the breast and shoulder, which were now divided; Moses had the breast, and the shoulder was burnt on the altar with God's part.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv22, 23, 24, 25, 27 Verse 22. The fat and the rump] The rump…
Verse 22. The fat and the rump] The rump or tail of some of the eastern sheep is the best part of the animal, and is counted a great delicacy. They are also very large, some of them weighing from twelve to forty pounds' weight; "so that the owners," says Mr. Ludolf, in his History of Ethiopia, "are obliged to tie a little cart behind them, whereon they put the tail of the sheep, as well for the convenience of carriage, and to ease the poor creature, as to preserve the wool from dirt, and the tail from being torn among the bushes and stones." An engraving of this kind of sheep, his tall, cart, &c., may be seen at p. 53 of the above work.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv22–24 Rump, or tail, for which the sheep of Arabia…
Rump, or tail, for which the sheep of Arabia were famed; some having tails three yards long, others a yard thick. (Herodotus, iii. 113.) They weighed from 12 to 30 pounds, and were almost all fat. (Calmet)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv22, 26 22-25. A wave offering before the Lord — This…
22-25. A wave offering before the Lord — This was a constant accompaniment of peace offerings, (comp. Lev_7:14, note,) and as a symbolical act was an acknowledgment of God’s rule in all the world around. (See below.) Ordinarily “the wave breast and the heave shoulder” were assigned to the priests to be eaten, (Exo_29:27; Lev_7:34-35,) but on the occasion of the consecration of Aaron and his sons, after the ceremonial of waving was performed by them, Moses received them of their hands, and offered them, with the several portions mentioned in Exo_29:22, and the unleavened bread (Exo_29:23) for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the Lord. So that in this ceremony of induction into office the priests appropriately consecrated every thing, by a symbolical act, unto Jehovah.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv22–27 22. the fat, and] read with Sam. ‘the fat,…
22. the fat, and] read with Sam. ‘the fat, (even)’: the fat tail, as Lev_3:9; Lev_7:3 shew, was part of the fat of the animal. So Di. (on Lev_8:25), Bä. &c.
the fat tail] Lev_3:9; Lev_7:3; Lev_8:25; Lev_9:19†; and probably to be restored in 1Sa_9:24 (for the ungrammatical ‘that which was upon it’). What is meant is the large tail of certain species of sheep, still bred in Palestine, and elsewhere, which was esteemed a delicacy. The tail is often so heavy as to need the support of a little cart (Hdt. iii. 113; EB. iv. 4441: see ill. in Jewish Encycl. xi. 50).
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the caul] the appendix, as v. 13.
the right thigh] so rightly; not shoulder (RVm. = AV.). In the ordinary peace-offering this was the perquisite of the officiating priest (Lev_7:32 f.); here it is burnt ultimately (v. 25) upon the altar. The other parts mentioned were burnt regularly on the altar (Lev_3:9-11).
a ram of installation] lit. ‘of filling’ (sc. of hands): cf. the cognate verb in v. 9. ‘Consecration’ is not sufficiently distinctive. So vv. 26, 27, 31, 34; in the ║║, Lev_8:22; Lev_8:28-29; Lev_Exo_8:31; Lev_8:33; and Lev_7:37†.
22–25. Symbolical investiture of the priests with authority to offer sacrifice. Select portions of the offerings to be placed on their open hands, waved, as they lie there, forwards and backwards before the altar, and finally burnt upon it (Lev_8:25-28).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv22–27 (22) Thou shalt take of the ram the fat…
(22) Thou shalt take of the ram the fat . . . —These were the portions commonly burnt upon the altar in the case of peace offerings. (See Lev_3:9-11.) By “the rump” is meant the broad fat tail which characterises Oriental sheep, and which is said to weigh from six to twenty pounds. (Fellows, Asia Minor, p. 10. Comp. Herod. iii. 113; Leo African. 9 p. 293A.)
The caul above the liver.—See Note 2 on Exo_29:13.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv22–27 The rump. Rather, "the tail." Oriental sheep have very…
The rump. Rather, "the tail." Oriental sheep have very commonly a broad fat tail, which weighs from six to twenty pounds, and is sometimes laid upon a little cart with two wheels, which the sheep drags after it (Heb 3:113; Leo African. 9. p. 293 A; Fellows, Asia Minor, p. 10; Gesenius ad voc. hyla). There is no doubt that a "tail" of this kind is here meant. The caul. Rather, "the membrane." See the comment on ver 13. The right shoulder. Or "leg," according to some. The difference is not important.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On v26 Which is waved, and which is heaved up.
Exo_29:26-28
Which is waved, and which is heaved up.
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The wave-offerings and heave-offerings
1. As illustrating the state of the heart in those who truly offer themselves up to God, there is something impressive and beautiful in the ancient wave-offerings and heave-offerings. Waving is one of natures universal laws. The whole creation, with its myriads of planets, suns and heavens, lives because it waves to and fro the central life. The life of God waves to and fro between our spirits and Him.
2. In prayer our souls are heaved up towards the eternal Soul of our souls. Nothing heaves up the soul like a perfect love. Our daily heave-offering is a labour that has a great reward. Our aspirations, our inner hearings and upliftings, are the works which will follow us into the eternal world. They will follow us by being actually constituent elements of our future body.
3. Some persons think it strange that we should be exhorted to hasten the coming of the kingdom of God. But all who have a thrilling expectation of it may be sure that the vital element of the new coming is waving in upon them, and that as they heave up their souls and expand with desire to draw down the heavenly fire they are unconsciously hastening the coming of the day of God. (J. Pulsford, D. D.)
The peace-offering
This was the most important sacrifice of all. It consisted of a ram, called The Ram of Consecration, or more literally, the Ram of the Fillings, because the hands of the consecrated persons were filled by portions of it being placed upon them. Of this ram of consecration, after Aaron and his sons had imposed hands upon it, and it had been slain, some of the blood was placed upon the tip of Aarons right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, and similarly upon the same three members of his sons, the remainder of the blood being sprinkled upon the altar round about (Exo_29:19-20; Lev_8:22-24). This represented the consecration to God of such members of the body as would be more especially called into exercise by the duties of the priestly vocation. The ear was consecrated to listen to the voice of God, the hand to do His will, the foot to walk in His ways. Secondly, those parts of the peace-offering, which hereafter, in the exercise of their priestly office, it would be their duty to receive of the offerer and burn upon the altar, were laid upon the hands of Aaron and his sons, together with a meat-offering, and waved as a wave-offering before the Lord (Exo_29:22-24; Lev_8:25-27), and then burnt upon the altar (Exo_29:25; Lev_8:28). This ceremony was called the filling of the hands, and so essential a part of the consecration ceremony was it, that the expression to fill the hand became equivalent to consecrate to the priesthood. The sacrifice itself was called the ram of consecration, or the ram of fillings. The intention of this action was to deliver to the ordained persons the sacrifices which they were in future to offer to God; it was a formal initiation into the sacrificial duties of their office. It indicated that from that time forward, the right and duty of officiating at the altar, and of superintending the burning of the sacrifices, would be theirs. Similarly, in the early ordinals of the Greek Church, a portion of the sacrifice, i.e., of the consecrated elements, was placed in the hands of the person who was ordained priest: a tradition still observed in the Eastern Church, and which, in a remarkable manner, links together the priesthoods of the Jewish and Christian Churches. The next part of the ceremony connected with the ram of consecration, was the sprinkling of Aaron and his sons and their vestments with its blood, mingled with anointing oil (Lev_8:30). Hence it could be said that the sons of Aaron were anointed as their father was anointed (Exo_40:15); they, like him, were sprinkled with oil, but he alone, as high priest, had the oil poured upon his head, and could thus be called, in contradistinction to the other priests, preeminently the anointed priest. In this secondary anointing, it is to be observed, that the clothes were sprinkled and consecrated upon and with the persons. The clothes represented the office filled by the person. The person and the clothes together represented the priest; therefore the consecration was performed on both together. Lastly came the sacrificial meal: the solemn eating of the body of the consecrating peace-offering by Aaron and his sons within the precincts of the Tabernacle (Lev_8:3). It is interesting to observe that the apostles were consecrated to their priestly office by a like filling of the hands, and by a like sacrificial meal, when our Lord placed in their hands the broken bread with the words, Take, eat, this is My body. (E. F. Willis, M. A.)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv22, 24, 26 General Information:
General Information:
Yahweh continues speaking to Moses.
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inner parts ... liver ... kidney
These refer to organs inside the body. See how you translated this in Exodus 29:13.
Take one loaf ... before Yahweh
For Exo 29:23 see how you translated similar words in Exodus 29:2.
that is before Yahweh
"that you have placed before Yahweh"
translationWords
ewe
priest
consecrate
bread
oil
basket
yeast
Yahweh
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