Bible Strands
Exodus 29:24
Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and wave them before the LORD as a wave offering.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God instructs Moses during the ordination ritual for Aaron and his sons, specifying the exact handling of consecration offerings. The command occurs in Exodus 29 between the preparation of the sacrificial bread and the instruction to burn those items on the altar.
The words — וְשַׂמְתָּ (ve-samta) translates literally as "and you will put," while כַּפֵּי (ka-pê) means "the hands of." These terms anchor the physical action of transferring the offerings onto the priests before presenting them.
The thread — The placement and waving pattern reappears in Exodus 29:27 and Leviticus 8:27 during the formal consecration of the priesthood. Leviticus 7:30 and Exodus 29:26 also record the waving of specific portions but describe the presentation without repeating the hand-placement command.
Why it lands — The text commands a physical transfer of offerings onto the priests' hands followed by a ritual waving before God. It establishes a concrete pattern of human mediation and divine presentation in priestly ordination.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the Lord.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 7:30 With his own hands he is to bring the food offerings to the LORD; he shall bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast as a wave offering before the LORD.
- Leviticus 8:27 He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and waved them before the LORD as a wave offering.
- Exodus 29:26 Take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s ordination and wave it before the LORD as a wave offering, and it will be your portion.
- Leviticus 9:21 but he waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before the LORD, as Moses had commanded.
- Leviticus 10:14 And you and your sons and daughters may eat the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution in a ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you and your children from the peace offerings of the sons of Israel.