Leviticus 8:29

“And Moses took the breast, etc.] Of the ram of consecration: and waved it for a wave offering before the Lord; this Moses seems to have waved with his own hands, and not upon the hands of Aaron and his sons, putting his under them, as in the wave offering of the fat, shoulder, and cakes, and for which the following words seem to give a reason: [for] of the ram of consecration it was Moses’s part; the breast of it was his: as the Lord commanded Moses; (see <022926>Exodus 29:26).”

“Moses as the mediator of the covenant of the Law Galatians 3:19; Hebrews 8:6 was called to perform the priestly functions, in consecrating those on whom henceforth those functions were to devolve, and in inaugurating the legal order of sacrifices. See Exodus 40:23 note. The sin-offering was now offered for the first time. The succession in which the sacrifices followed each other on this occasion, first the sin-offering, then the burnt-offering, and lastly the peace-offering, has its ground in the meaning of each sacrifice, and became the established custom in later ages. The worshipper passed through a spiritual process. He had transgressed the Law, and he needed the atonement signified by…”

“Moses's part - Who at this time administering the priest's office was to receive the priest's wages. Leviticus 8:31”

“8:29 Moses functioned as a priest in the ordination ceremony and so received the priest’s portion of the offering (see 8:15).”

“Lev 7:30-34; Exo 29:26, Exo 29:27; Isa 66:20; Co1 10:31; Pe1 4:11 Leviticus 8:30”