What Does Exodus 29:24 Mean?
You set all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons, and you wave them for a wave offering before the LORD.
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And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the LORD.THE KEY
One Hebrew root names both the wave offering and the motion that presents it: the offering is revealed in the act of being waved before the LORD.
THE MEANING
What is set into Aaron’s hands is moved into presentation before the LORD. The verse’s wording joins the offering to the motion that brings it into view: the same root names both the waving and the wave offering.
THE ROOT
תְּנוּפָה
tenufah
GROWS FROM
נוף
nuph
To move to and fro; to wave.
“wave” in this verse is tenufah. The Hebrew uses the same root for the act of waving and the offering itself. The motion is not incidental to the offering: the word holds the presentation and the thing presented together.
ALSO GROWS
henif: To wave or brandish.
הֵנִיף
This is the verb behind “wave them,” directly linking the action to the offering’s name.
tenufah: Wave offering.
תְּנוּפָה
The offering’s name comes from the same root as the motion that presents it.
וְנָתַתָּ
venatatta
GROWS FROM
נתן
natan
To give, set, or place.
“set” in this verse is venatatta. The word translated “put” also carries the sense of giving and setting something in place. The verse’s movement begins with what is placed in the hands, then continues as it is presented before the LORD.
ALSO GROWS
natan: To give, set, or place.
נָתַן
This root holds placement and giving together in the act that begins the verse.
mattanah: A gift.
מַתָּנָה
This related word shows the root’s connection between what is placed or given and what is received as a gift.
THE PATTERN
What is set into human hands becomes an offering through being actively presented before God.
His own hands shall bring the offerings of fire to the LORD, the fat upon the breast he shall bring, that the breast may be waved as a waving offering before the LORD.Give to the LORD the weight due his nature; bring a gift and come before his face; bow down to the LORD in set-apart splendor.Therefore I urge you, brothers, through the compassions of God, to set your bodies beside God as a living sacrifice, set apart, well-pleasing to him, which is your true service.THE THREAD
His own hands shall bring the offerings of fire to the LORD, the fat upon the breast he shall bring, that the breast may be waved as a waving offering before the LORD.Leviticus repeats נוּף (nuph, to wave or move to and fro) in both the verb and תְּנוּפָה (tenufah, wave offering). The shared root makes the movement part of what the offering is, not merely a gesture accompanying it.
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