Bible Strands
Exodus 29:28
This will belong to Aaron and his sons as a regular portion from the Israelites, for it is the heave offering the Israelites will make to the LORD from their peace offerings.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God directs Moses to formalize the permanent allocation of priestly sustenance during the consecration of Aaron and his sons. The instruction occurs within the broader ordination ritual that establishes the Levitical priesthood.
The words — The phrase חָק־עוֹלָם (chak-olam) translates literally to "a prescribed portion of perpetuity." This compounds חָק (statute/portion) with עוֹלָם (perpetuity/age) to mark the entitlement as an unalterable ordinance.
The thread — The directive links directly to the consecration of the wave and heave offerings in Exodus 29:27. It also grounds the peace offering regulations expanded in Leviticus 3:1 and Leviticus 7:11.
Why it lands — The text establishes that sacred mediation requires a defined, permanent material provision drawn from the worshiping community. It requires the reader to recognize that priestly service is structurally sustained by the people's offerings rather than by independent means.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 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.
- Leviticus 3:1 “If one’s offering is a peace offering and he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he must present it without blemish before the LORD.
- Leviticus 7:11 Now this is the law of the peace offering that one may present to the LORD:
- 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.
- Numbers 15:19 and you eat the food of the land, you shall lift up an offering to the LORD.
- Numbers 18:24 For I have given to the Levites as their inheritance the tithe that the Israelites present to the LORD as a contribution. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”
- Numbers 18:29 You must present the offering due the LORD from all the best of every gift, the holiest part of it.’
- Numbers 31:29 Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the LORD.
- Numbers 31:41 Moses gave the tribute to Eleazar the priest as an offering for the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- 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.