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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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God commands Moses to instruct the Israelites on the procedure for presenting a peace offering. The directive is given during the wilderness camp's sacrificial regulations, immediately following the initial presentation of the offering.
The words — יָדָיו (ya·ḏāw) translates literally as "his hands," specifying the offerer's direct physical delivery. תּביאנה (ṯᵊ·ḇi·ʾā·nāh) means "they will bring," referring to the specific portions of fat and breast set apart for the altar.
The thread — The priestly wave offering of the breast and fat appears in Leviticus 3:3 and Leviticus 3:9 during peace offering instructions. Numbers 6:20 applies the identical wave offering ritual to the Nazirite vow completion.
Why it lands — The text requires the worshiper to personally place the designated portions before the altar before the priest burns the fat. It establishes a strict procedural sequence that separates the offerer's contribution from the priest's designated portion.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
His own hands shall bring the offerings of the Lord made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before the Lord.
Cross-references
- 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.
- Leviticus 3:3 From the peace offering he is to bring a food offering to the LORD: the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,
- Leviticus 3:9 And from the peace offering he shall bring a food offering to the LORD consisting of its fat: the entire fat tail cut off close to the backbone, the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,
- Leviticus 3:14 And from his offering he shall present a food offering to the LORD: the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,
- Exodus 29:24 Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and wave them before the LORD as a wave offering.
- 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.
- Leviticus 9:21 but he waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before the LORD, as Moses had commanded.
- Psalms 110:3 Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.
- John 10:18 No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”
- 2 Corinthians 8:12 For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.