“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. It shall be for Aaron and his sons as their portion forever from the children of Israel; for it is a wave offering. It shall be a wave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, even their wave offering to Yahweh.
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“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.
It shall be for Aaron and his sons as their portion forever from the children of Israel; for it is a wave offering. It shall be a wave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, even their wave offering to Yahweh.
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And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall be thy part.
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 the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons:
And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’ by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the LORD.
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And thou shalt take the breast of Aaron's ram of consecration, and wave it for a wave-offering before the LORD; and it shall be thy portion.
And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave-offering, and the thigh of the heave-offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of consecration, even of that which is Aaron's, and of that which is his sons'.
And it shall be for Aaron and his sons as a due for ever from the children of Israel; for it is a heave-offering; and it shall be a heave-offering from the children of Israel of their sacrifices of peace-offerings, even their heave-offering unto the LORD.
Cross-references (24)
- Leviticus 8:29 (v26) Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before Yahweh. It was Moses’ portion of the ram of consecration, as Yahweh…
- Leviticus 10:15 (v27) The heaved thigh and the waved breast they shall bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before…
- Numbers 18:11 (v27) “This is yours, too: the wave offering of their gift, even all the wave offerings of the children of Israel. I have given them to you, and…
- Deuteronomy 18:3 (vv27–28) This shall be the priests’ due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give to the…
- Exodus 29:27 (v28) 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…
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- Leviticus 3:1 (v28) “ ‘If his offering is a sacrifice of peace offerings, if he offers it from the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without…
- Leviticus 7:11-38 (v28) “ ‘This is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which one shall offer to Yahweh: If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall…
- Leviticus 7:31 (v26) The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.
- Leviticus 7:31-34 (v27) The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’. The right thigh you shall give to the priest for…
- Leviticus 7:34 (v26) For the waved breast and the heaved thigh I have taken from the children of Israel out of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have…
- Leviticus 7:37 (v27) This is the law of the burnt offering, the meal offering, the sin offering, the trespass offering, the consecration, and the sacrifice of…
- Leviticus 8:28-31 (v27) Moses took them from their hands, and burned them on the altar on the burnt offering. They were a consecration offering for a pleasant…
- Leviticus 9:21 (v27) Aaron waved the breasts and the right thigh for a wave offering before Yahweh, as Moses commanded.
- Leviticus 10:14-15 (v28) The waved breast and the heaved thigh you shall eat in a clean place, you, and your sons, and your daughters with you: for they are given…
- Numbers 6:20 (v27) and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh. They are holy for the priest, together with the breast that is waved and…
- Numbers 15:19-20 (v28) then it shall be that when you eat of the bread of the land, you shall offer up a wave offering to Yahweh. Of the first of your dough you…
- Numbers 18:18-19 (v27) Their meat shall be yours, as the wave offering breast and as the right thigh, it shall be yours. All the wave offerings of the holy things…
- Numbers 18:24 (v28) For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as a wave offering to Yahweh, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance.…
- Numbers 18:29 (v28) Out of all your gifts, you shall offer every wave offering to Yahweh, of all its best parts, even the holy part of it.’
- Numbers 31:29 (v28) Take it from their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for Yahweh’s wave offering.
- Numbers 31:41 (v28) Moses gave the tribute, which was Yahweh’s wave offering, to Eleazar the priest, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Psalms 99:6 (v26) Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel was among those who call on his name. They called on Yahweh, and he answered them.
- Hebrews 7:28 (v27) For the law appoints men as high priests who have weakness, but the word of the oath which came after the law appoints a Son forever who…
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv26–28 This sacrifice the Priest did move toward the East,…
This sacrifice the Priest did move toward the East, West, North, and South.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv26–28 Exo 29:26 And thou shalt take the breast of…
Exo 29:26 And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration, and wave it [for] a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall be thy part.
Ver. 26. It shall be thy part.] Because he did for this time extraordinarily execute the priest’s of office.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv26–28 To wit, the breast alone, whereas both shoulder and…
To wit, the breast alone, whereas both shoulder and breast were given to Aaron afterwards; the reason whereof might be, either because Moses was not a proper and complete priest, as Aaron afterward was, but only appointed by God for this time to do that work; or because now there were in a manner two priests, the one consecrating, to wit, Moses; the other consecrated, to wit, Aaron; therefore these parts were divided, the breast went to the former to be eaten, the shoulder offered unto God for the latter, Exo 29:22; he being not yet a perfect priest, and therefore not in a capacity of eating it.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv26–28 And thou shalt take the breast of the ram…
And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecrations,.... The ram being slain and cut to pieces, this part is particularly disposed of:
and wave it for a wave offering before the Lord; in the manner before described:
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and it shall be thy part: the part of Moses, he officiating now as a priest; and we find accordingly in later times that this part of the sacrifice belonged to the priest, Lev 7:31.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v27 Verse 27. The breast of the wave-offering, and the…
Verse 27. The breast of the wave-offering, and the shoulder of the heave-offering] As the wave-offering was agitated to and fro, and the heave-offering up and down, some have conceived that this twofold action represented the figure of the cross, on which the great Peace-offering between God and man was offered in the personal sacrifice of our blessed Redeemer. Had we authority for this conjecture, it would certainly cast much light on the meaning and intention of these offerings; and when the intelligent reader is informed that one of the most judicious critics in the whole republic of letters is the author of this conjecture, viz., Houbigant, he will treat it with respect. I shall here produce his own words on this verse:
Hic distinguuntur, תנופה et תרומה, ut ejusdem oblationis caeremoniae duae. In significatur, moveri oblatam victimam huc et illuc, ad dextram et ad sinistram. In תרומה sursum tolli, et sublatam rursus deprimi; nam pluribus vicibus id fiebat. Rem sic interpretantur Judaei; et Christianos docent, quanquam id non agentes, sic adumbrari eam crucem, in quam generis humani victima illa pacifica sublata est, quam veteres victimae omnes praenunciabant.
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"The heave-offering and wave-offering, as two ceremonies in the same oblation, are here distinguished. The wave-offering implies that the victim was moved hither and thither, to the right hand and to the left; the heave-offering was lifted up and down, and this was done several times. In this way the Jews explain these things, and teach the Christians, that by these acts the cross was adumbrated, upon which that Peace-offering of the human race was lifted up which was prefigured by all the ancient victims."
The breast and the shoulder, thus waved and heaved, were by this consecration appointed to be the priests' portion for ever; and this, as Mr. Ainsworth piously remarks, "taught the priests how, with all their heart and all their strength, they should give themselves unto the service of the Lord in his Church." Moses, as priest, received on this occasion the breast and the shoulder, which became afterwards the portion of the priests; see Ex 29:28, and Le 7:34. It is worthy of remark, that although Moses himself had no consecration to the sacerdotal office, yet he acts here as high priest, consecrates a high priest, and receives the breast and the shoulder, which were the priests' portion! But Moses was an extraordinary messenger, and derived his authority, without the medium of rites or ceremonies, immediately from God himself. It does not appear that Christ either baptized the twelve apostles, or ordained them by imposition of hands; yet, from his own infinite sufficiency, he gave them authority both to baptize, and to lay on hands, in appointing others to the work of the sacred ministry. Ex 29:29
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v28 Israel. As these parts have been offered by Aaron…
Israel. As these parts have been offered by Aaron to the Lord, so the Israelites shall present them to him and his sons, when they offer sacrifice. (Menochius) --- All the different kinds of victims were immolated on this occasion, because the priests were consecrated to offer them all. (Du Hamel)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On v26 26-28. Be thy part — As the officiating minister…
26-28. Be thy part — As the officiating minister on this extraordinary occasion, Moses was to receive the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration. And here it is enunciated as a statute for ever, that the breast of the wave offering and the shoulder of the heave offering shall belong to the priests as their lawful portion of the peace offerings. These were evidently regarded as choice portions of the animal. The distinction between the wave offering (תנופה) and the heave offering (תרומה) is indicated by the Hebrew names, the former signifying horizontal motion to and fro, the latter vertical motion, perpendicular to the horizon. These constituted a double form of symbolical consecration, in adoration to Him who rules in all and over all.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv26–28 26. The breast of the ram to be ‘waved’…
26. The breast of the ram to be ‘waved’ before Jehovah, and then ven to Moses (cf. Lev_8:29). The breast of the ordinary peace offering, after being ‘waved’ before Jehovah, was the perquisite of the priests (Lev_7:30 f.); here it is given analogously to Moses (who throughout the present ceremony acts the part of priest).
wave] used here in the strict sense explained on v. 24.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv26–27 (26) Thou shalt take the breast.—It was the general…
(26) Thou shalt take the breast.—It was the general law that in “wave offerings” the breast should be the officiating priest’s (Lev_7:29-31); hence, on this occasion, it was assigned to Moses.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv26–27 Thou shalt take the breast. Henceforth Aaron and his…
Thou shalt take the breast. Henceforth Aaron and his sons were to have the breast of all wave-offerings; (Lev_7:31-34) but on this occasion, as Moses officiated, the breast was to be his.
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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 v26 General Information:
General Information:
Yahweh continues speaking to Moses.
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ram of dedication
"ram that you dedicated" or "ram that you killed"
Aaron's ram of dedication
"the ram that you used to dedicate Aaron"
a perpetual ordinance
"a permanent law"
translationWords
Aaron
ewe
set apart
sacrifice
Yahweh
Israel
eternity
descend
fellowship offering
priest
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