Exodus 29:27

“And thou shall sanctify the breast of the wave offering, etc.] Set it apart for the use of the priest in all succeeding ages: and the shoulder of the heave offering: as the breast was waved from one hand to another, or cast from the hand of one to the hand of another; the shoulder was heaved up, or cast up and caught again: this also was to be sanctified or set apart for the priest’s use, (<030732>Leviticus 7:32-34), which is waved, and which is heaved up of the ram of the consecration: the breast was waved and the shoulder heaved: even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons; as these two parts before mentioned in peace offerings were.”

“The consecration of the priests. See the notes to Lev. 8–9. Exodus 29:4 Door of the tabernacle - Entrance of the tent. See Leviticus 8:3. Exodus 29:27 The “waving” was the more solemn process of the two: it was a movement several times repeated, while “heaving” was simply a “lifting up” once. Exodus 29:33 A stranger - One of another family, i. e. in this case, one not of the family of Aaron. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Heb 7:28; Lev 7:37, Lev 8:28-31 the breast: Lev 7:31-34, Lev 8:29, Lev 9:21, Lev 10:15; Num 6:20, Num 18:11, Num 18:18, Num 18:19; Deu 18:3 the wave offering: The wave offering and heave offering are thus distinguished by the Jewish writers. the former, called tenoophah, from nooph, to move, toss, was waved horizontally towards the four cardinal points, to signify that He to whom it was consecrated was the Lord of the whole earth; the latter, called teroomah, from room, to be elevated, was lifted perpendicularly upward and downward, in token of its being devoted to the God of heaven. the ram of the consecration: Ail milluim, literally, "the ram of filling;" so called, according to some,…”