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Friday, February 4, 2011

Wave Offering

In Numbers 8:10-11 God tells Moses that the Levites are to be presented as a wave offering. Before this I pictured a wave offerings as holding the item in the air and waving it back and forth. Obviously that must not be the case here. The Kretzmann commentary makes it sounds like Aaron simply waved his hand over the Levites. Anyone know how the wave offering worked?
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  1. Carla MartinFebruary 5, 2011 at 8:02 AM

    I really do think that the offering was actually waved. I was curious about it too, so looked it up and from what I read, it was actually waved in the air before being burnt on the altar. Of course, one never knows how accurate the sources chosen are.

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  2. Bob LooseFebruary 5, 2011 at 11:46 AM

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  3. Bob LooseFebruary 5, 2011 at 12:14 PM

    It is also noteworthy that God used the wave offering to provide for the priests as they kept the part of the wave offering that was not burned up.

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