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Wave Offering

This rite, together with that of “heaving” or “raising” the offering was an inseparable accompaniment of peace offerings. In such the right shoulder, considered the choicest part of the victim, was to be (“heaved,” and viewed as holy to the Lord, only eaten therefore by the priest: the breast was to be “waved,” and eaten by the worshipper. The scriptural notices of these rites are to be found in (Exodus 29:24,28; Leviticus 7:30,34; 8:27; 9:21; 10:14,15; 23:10,15,20; Numbers 6:20; 18:11,18,26-29) etc. In conjecturing the meaning of this rite, regard must be had that it was the accompaniment of peace offerings, which were witnesses to a ratified covenant—an established communion between God and man.

In the Bible

25

Verses where Wave Offering is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • Exodus 29:24

    Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and wave them before the LORD as a wave offering.

  • Exodus 29:26

    Take 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.

  • Exodus 29:27

    Consecrate for Aaron and his sons the breast of the wave offering that is waved and the thigh of the heave offering that is lifted up from the ram of ordination.

  • Exodus 35:22

    So all who had willing hearts, both men and women, came and brought brooches and earrings, rings and necklaces, and all kinds of gold jewelry. And they all presented their gold as a wave offering to the LORD.

  • Exodus 38:24

    All the gold from the wave offering used for the work on the sanctuary totaled 29 talents and 730 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

  • Exodus 38:29

    The bronze from the wave offering totaled 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.

+19 more verses naming Wave Offering.

Scripture on Wave Offering

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Wave Offering references

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Why a Wave Offering is Waved (Leviticus 8)4:30
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Why a Wave Offering is Waved (Leviticus 8)

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Sources · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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