Bible Strands
Exodus 29:27
Consecrate for Aaron and his sons the breast of the wave offering that is waved and the thigh of the heave offering that is lifted up from the ram of ordination.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God instructs Moses to designate specific portions of the ordination ram for Aaron and his sons during the priestly consecration ceremony.
The words — קִדַּשְׁתָּ (ki.dash.ta) means "you will consecrate" or set apart, while חֲזֵה (cha.zeh) refers to the "breast" of the sacrifice. תְּנוּפָה (te.nu.fah) denotes the "wave-offering" that is ceremonially moved before the altar.
The thread — This allocation of priestly portions recurs in Leviticus 10:15, Numbers 18:11, and Deuteronomy 18:3.
Why it lands — It establishes that the priesthood receives a fixed, divinely mandated share of the sacrificial system, requiring the reader to acknowledge the structural distinction between the altar's offerings and the priestly portion.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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:
Cross-references
- Leviticus 10:15 They are to bring the thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering, together with the fat portions of the food offerings, to wave as a wave offering before the LORD. It will belong permanently to you and your children, as the LORD has commanded.”
- Numbers 18:11 And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat it.
- Deuteronomy 18:3 This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.
- Leviticus 7:31 The priest is to burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.
- Leviticus 7:37 This is the law of the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the guilt offering, the ordination offering, and the peace offering,
- Leviticus 8:28 Then Moses took these from their hands and burned them on the altar with the burnt offering. This was an ordination offering, a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD.
- Leviticus 9:21 but he waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before the LORD, as Moses had commanded.
- Numbers 6:20 The priest shall then wave them as a wave offering before the LORD. This is a holy portion for the priest, in addition to the breast of the wave offering and the thigh that was presented. After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.
- Numbers 18:18 And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you.
- Hebrews 7:28 For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.