And he put all upon Aaron’s hands, and upon his sons’ hands, and waved them for a wave offering before the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB He put all these in Aaron’s hands and in his sons’ hands, and waved them for a wave offering before Yahweh.
- BSB He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and waved them before the LORD as a wave offering.
- NKJV and he put all these in Aaron’s hands and in his sons’ hands, and waved them as a wave offering before the Lord.
- NASB He then put all these on the hands of Aaron and on the hands of his sons, and presented them as a wave offering before the Lord.
- NLT He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons, and he lifted these gifts as a special offering to the Lord.
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Quick answer
Moses places all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and waves them before the LORD. The priests' hands are 'filled,' the very meaning of ordination.
Overview
To 'fill the hands' was the Hebrew idiom for ordaining to priestly office, and here the priests literally held the offering as it was waved before God. This act formally installed them in their ministry. It signified that their hands were now devoted to handling holy things before the LORD.
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Cross-references · 4
- Lev 7:30–31His 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.
- Exod 29:24–37And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the LORD.
- Heb 9:14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
- Jer 30:21And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD.
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