He took the fat, the fat tail, all the fat that was on the innards, the cover of the liver, the two kidneys and their fat, and the right thigh; and out of the basket of unleavened bread that was before Yahweh, he took one unleavened cake, one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat and on the right thigh. He put all these in Aaron’s hands and in his sons’ hands, and waved them for a wave offering before Yahweh.
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He brought the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering. He killed it; and Moses took the blood, and put it around on the horns of the altar with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement for it. He took all the fat that was on the innards, and the cover of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat; and Moses burned it on the altar. But the bull, and its skin, and its meat, and its dung, he burned with fire outside the camp, as Yahweh commanded Moses. He presented the ram of the burnt offering. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. He killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood around on the altar. He cut the ram into its pieces; and Moses burned the head, and the pieces, and the fat. He washed the innards and the legs with water; and Moses burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt offering for a pleasant aroma. It was an offering made by fire to Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses. He presented the other ram, the ram of consecration. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. He killed it; and Moses took some of its blood, and put it on the tip of Aaron’s right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot. He brought Aaron’s sons; and Moses put some of the blood on the tip of their right ear, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the great toe of their right foot; and Moses sprinkled the blood around on the altar. He took the fat, the fat tail, all the fat that was on the innards, the cover of the liver, the two kidneys and their fat, and the right thigh; and out of the basket of unleavened bread that was before Yahweh, he took one unleavened cake, one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat and on the right thigh. He put all these in Aaron’s hands and in his sons’ hands, and waved them for a wave offering before Yahweh. Moses took them from their hands, and burned them on the altar on the burnt offering. They were a consecration offering for a pleasant aroma. It was an offering made by fire to Yahweh. Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before Yahweh. It was Moses’ portion of the ram of consecration, as Yahweh commanded Moses. Moses took some of the anointing oil, and some of the blood which was on the altar, and sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments, and on his sons, and on his sons’ garments with him, and sanctified Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and his sons’ garments with him.
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He took the fat, the fat tail, all the fat that was on the innards, the cover of the liver, the two kidneys and their fat, and the right thigh;
and out of the basket of unleavened bread that was before Yahweh, he took one unleavened cake, one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat and on the right thigh.
He put all these in Aaron’s hands and in his sons’ hands, and waved them for a wave offering before Yahweh.
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And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right shoulder:
And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder:
And he put all upon Aaron’s hands, and upon his sons’ hands, and waved them for a wave offering before the LORD.
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And he took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right thigh.
And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened cake, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat, and upon the right thigh.
And he put the whole upon the hands of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons, and waved them for a wave-offering before the LORD.
Cross-references (13)
- Exodus 29:23 (v26) and one loaf of bread, one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of unleavened bread that is before Yahweh.
- Exodus 29:22-25 (v25) 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…
- Exodus 29:24-37 (v27) 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…
- Leviticus 3:3-5 (v25) He shall offer of the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering made by fire to Yahweh. The fat that covers the innards, and all the fat…
- Leviticus 3:9 (v25) He shall offer from the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering made by fire to Yahweh; its fat, the entire tail fat, he shall take away…
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- Leviticus 7:30-31 (v27) With his own hands he shall bring the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. He shall bring the fat with the breast, that the breast may be…
- Proverbs 23:26 (v25) My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.
- Isaiah 53:10 (v25) Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him. He has caused him to suffer. When you make his soul an offering for sin, he will see his offspring. He…
- Jeremiah 30:21 (v27) Their prince will be one of them, and their ruler will proceed from among them. I will cause him to draw near, and he will approach me; for…
- John 1:14 (v26) The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
- Acts 5:12 (v26) By the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. They were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.
- 1 Timothy 2:5 (v26) For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
- Hebrews 9:14 (v27) how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from…
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv26–27 And out of the basket of unleavened bread,.... Moses…
And out of the basket of unleavened bread,.... Moses was ordered to take, Lev 8:2,
that was before the Lord; being brought to the tabernacle, where now the Lord had taken up his residence:
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he took one unleavened cake; which had no oil in it or upon it:
and a cake of oiled bread; which was mixed and tempered with oil:
and one wafer; which was anointed with oil:
and put them upon the fat, and upon the right shoulder; of the ram of consecration, which he took from it, and laid the cakes uppermost upon them.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v27 Verse 27. And waved them for a wave-offering] See…
Verse 27. And waved them for a wave-offering] See the nature of this and the heave-offering in the note on Ex 29:27. See Clarke on Ex 29:27.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v27 Who having. Moses supported and directed the hands of…
Who having. Moses supported and directed the hands of the priest.
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 vv25–27 25. The fat — The suet, Lev_3:3.
25. The fat — The suet, Lev_3:3.
The rump — The tail, Lev_3:9, note.
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The two kidneys — Lev_3:4, note. The burnt offering is evidently an object lesson inculcating the first great commandment, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,” etc. Hence the enumeration of all the parts: the head as an emblem of the thoughts; the legs, an emblem of the walk; the kidneys and the inwards, the constant and familiar symbol of the affections. The meaning of the fat may not be quite so obvious, but it doubtless represents the energy not of one limb or faculty, but the general health and vigour of the whole.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On v25 25. Moses then puts on the hands of Aaron…
25. Moses then puts on the hands of Aaron and his sons (1) the fat and other parts of the sacrifice which were always burnt upon the altar (cp. Lev_3:9-10), (2) the right thigh (not shoulder R.V. mg. and A.V.) and (3) one of each of the oblations that were in the basket brought in accordance with the injunctions of Exo_29:3; Exo_29:23 (cp. Lev_7:12-14, and the note there). The whole is waved as a Wave-Offering before the Lord and burnt upon the altar. Parts (2) and (3) are priestly portions (Lev_7:14; Lev_7:32), but as on this occasion Aaron and his sons were not entitled to them (for their consecration was not yet complete) they are offered to the Lord.
The act of placing these portions on the hands of Aaron and his sons seems to indicate that they were assigned to the priests for certain purposes; those portions which were reserved for the altar were to be offered by them upon it, those which were priestly dues were to be retained by themselves.
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The name of the sacrifice—the ram of consecration—is connected with this action of Moses. The usual term for appointing a priest is to ‘fill his hand’ (Jdg_17:5; Jdg_17:12), where the word consecrate is rendered in the margin ‘filled the hand of.’
Moses here fills the hands of Aaron and his sons with materials for an offering and the word ‘consecration’ may be rendered ‘fillings’ [of the hand].
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv25–26 (25) And he took, the fat, and the rump.—Better,…
(25) And he took, the fat, and the rump.—Better, and he took the fat and the fat-tail (see Lev_3:9). For the import of this verse see Exo_29:22.
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v25 inner parts
inner parts
the inner parts - This is the stomach and intestines. See how you translated this in Leviticus 1:9.
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liver ... kidneys
See how you translated these words in Leviticus 3:4.
right thigh
The thigh is the upper part of the leg above the knee. See how you translated this in Leviticus 7:32.
the basket of bread without yeast that was before Yahweh
This does not refer to the location of the basket of bread. It means this is the bread that Moses had dedicated to Yahweh.
put it all in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons
Here "hands" represents the whole person. AT: "gave it all to Aaron and his sons" (See: Synecdoche)
waved them before Yahweh as a wave offering
It is implied that Aaron and his sons presented the offering. The full meaning of this statement can be made clear. AT: "they waved them before Yahweh as a wave offering" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
waved them
This is a symbolic action that dedicates the offering to Yahweh. (See: Symbolic Action)
translationWords
basket
bread
yeast
Yahweh
oil
hand
Aaron
son
raise
sacrifice
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