Leviticus 10:16

"They shall bring the heaved thigh and the waved breast with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the LORD. It shall be yours, and your sons’ with you, as a portion forever, as the LORD has commanded.”"

Key Reflection

In Leviticus 10:16, the text outlines a specific procedure for handling certain portions of sacrificial animals during religious offerings. The heaved thigh and the waved breast, along with the fat from the sacrifices, were to be set aside as wave offerings intended for Aaron and his sons. This practice reinforced their role in the priesthood, making it clear that these privileges were not only temporary but permanent according to divine command. For the original audience, this ritual affirmed the ongoing significance of the Levitical priesthood in maintaining God’s covenant with Israel.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The Law on the point in question was clear. SeeLeviticus 2:3, note;Leviticus 4:5, note;Leviticus 4:15note. But on this occasion, though the sin-offering which had been offered by Aaron was for the peopleLeviticus 9:15, its blood was not carried into the tabernacle. The priests might therefore have too readily supposed that their eating the flesh, or burning it, was a matter of indifference. Hence, Moses explains that the appropriation of the flesh by the priests is an essential part of the act of atonementLeviticus 10:17. It was burnt -It was consumed by fire in an ordinary way, not; in the fire of the altar.

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