Bible Strands
Numbers 5:25
The priest shall take from her hand the grain offering for jealousy, wave it before the LORD, and bring it to the altar.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The priest acts during a ritual investigation of a woman suspected of infidelity. He receives her grain offering and prepares it for presentation at the altar.
The words — The text highlights לָקַח (la.Kach, "he will take") and הֵנִיף (he.Nif, "he will wave"). These verbs describe the priest physically receiving the offering and presenting it before the LORD.
The thread — This wave offering procedure parallels the consecration rituals in Leviticus 8:27 and Exodus 29:24. It also follows the initial offering requirement in Numbers 5:15.
Why it lands — The ritual requires the priest to physically handle and present the offering before the altar. The reader observes a formalized procedure where physical actions precede the administration of the bitter water.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman’s hand, and shall wave the offering before the Lord, and offer it upon the altar:
Cross-references
- 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 29:24 Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and wave them before the LORD as a wave offering.
- Numbers 5:15 then he is to bring his wife to the priest. He must also bring for her an offering of a tenth of an ephah of barley flour. He is not to pour oil over it or put frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, an offering of memorial as a reminder of iniquity.
- Numbers 5:18 After the priest has the woman stand before the LORD, he is to let down her hair and place in her hands the grain offering of memorial, which is the grain offering for jealousy. The priest is to hold the bitter water that brings a curse.