Exodus 29:26
in Exodus 29Take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s ordination and wave it before the LORD as a wave offering, and it will be your portion.
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ASV
And thou shalt take the breast of Aaron’s ram of consecration, and wave it for a wave-offering before Jehovah: and it shall be thy portion.
KJV
And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the Lord: and it shall be thy part.
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This verse in Exodus 29
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s ordination
on Exodus 29:26-28
The breast and thigh become a regular share for Aaron and his sons from the people's peace offerings. Those who stand between the people and God are fed by them, the arrangement Paul argues from at 1 Corinthians 9:13.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecrations,.... The ram being slain and cut to pieces, this part is particularly disposed of: and wave it for a wave offering before the Lord; in the manner before described: and it shall be thy part: the part of Moses, he officiating now as a priest; and we find accordingly in later times that this part of the sacrifice belonged to the priest, Lev 7:31.
The consecrating of them was the perfecting of them; Christ is said to be perfect or consecrated for evermore, Heb. vii. Probably the phrase here is borrowed from the putting of the sacrifice into their hand, to be waved before the Lord,
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְלָקַחְתָּ֣ | velakachta | and you will take | H3947 → | 966 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הֶֽחָזֶ֗ה | hechazeh | the breast | H2373 → | |
| מֵאֵ֤יל | meeil | from [the] ram of | H352 → | 187 times |
| הַמִּלֻּאִים֙ | hamiluim | <the> installation offering<s> | H4394 → | 15 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לְאַהֲרֹ֔ן | leaharon | [belongs] to Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| וְהֵנַפְתָּ֥ | vehenafta | and you will wave | H5130 → | 37 times |
| אֹת֛וֹ | ʾoto | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| תְּנוּפָ֖ה | tenufah | a wave-offering | H8573 → | 30 times |
| לִפְנֵ֣י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְהָיָ֥ה | vehayah | and it will be[long] | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לְךָ֖ | lekha | to <the> you | ||
| לְמָנָֽה׃ | lemanah | to a portion | H4490 → |
וְלָקַחְתָּ֣and you will take
velakachtaH3947 →966 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הֶֽחָזֶ֗הthe breast
hechazehH2373 →
מֵאֵ֤ילfrom [the] ram of
meeilH352 →187 times
הַמִּלֻּאִים֙<the> installation offering<s>
hamiluimH4394 →15 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לְאַהֲרֹ֔ן[belongs] to Aaron
leaharonH175 →347 times
וְהֵנַפְתָּ֥and you will wave
vehenaftaH5130 →37 times
אֹת֛וֹ<obj.> it
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
תְּנוּפָ֖הa wave-offering
tenufahH8573 →30 times
לִפְנֵ֣י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְהָיָ֥הand it will be[long]
vehayahH1961 →3559 times
לְךָ֖to <the> you
lekha
לְמָנָֽה׃to a portion
lemanahH4490 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 99:6Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called to the LORD and He answered.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 15:1
Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.
- Exodus 24:6–8
Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar.
- Exodus 15:25
And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and…
- Jeremiah 15:1
Through
Leviticus 7:34I have taken from the sons of Israel the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and…
it leads to
- Numbers 18:18–19
And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you.
- Leviticus 10:14–15
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…
- Numbers 18:18–19
Through
Leviticus 7:31The priest is to burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.
it leads to
- Leviticus 3:5
Then Aaron’s sons are to burn it on the altar atop the burnt offering that is on the burning wood, as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
- Leviticus 3:16
Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the LORD’s.
- Leviticus 7:34
I have taken from the sons of Israel the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and…
- Leviticus 3:5
Where this verse is studied
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About Exodus
This page draws on John Calvin, Commentary on the Four Last Books of Moses Arranged in the Form of a Harmony; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.