And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD so that it may be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.
Parallel translations
- WEB and he shall wave the sheaf before Yahweh, to be accepted for you. On the next day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.
- KJV And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
- NKJV He shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted on your behalf; on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.
- NASB He shall wave the sheaf before the Lord for you to be accepted; on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.
- NLT On the day after the Sabbath, the priest will lift it up before the Lord so it may be accepted on your behalf.
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Quick answer
The priest waves the sheaf before Yahweh to be accepted, on the day after the Sabbath.
Overview
The wave offering presented the firstfruits to God for His acceptance on behalf of the people. The timing 'on the day after the Sabbath' was later understood to fall on the first day of the week. Strikingly, Christ rose as the firstfruits on the first day, fulfilling this offering in His resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:20).
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Cross-references · 3
- Exod 29:24Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and wave them before the LORD as a wave offering.
- Lev 10:14And 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.
- Lev 9:21but he waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before the LORD, as Moses had commanded.
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