What Does Exodus 29:27 Mean in the King James?
And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons:
The analysis reads the King James wording.
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THE KEY
The Hebrew name for consecration carries the sense of “filling,” and this verse gives that idea a material form in the portions set apart for Aaron and his sons.
THE MEANING
The breast is waved and the shoulder is lifted, and both are set apart as Aaron and his sons’ portion. Here consecration takes the form of tangible provision for those who serve.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
This undoes the belief that what is set apart must be removed from bodily provision: here the consecrated portions are assigned to Aaron and his sons.
THE ROOT
מִלֻּאִים
milluʾim
GROWS FROM
מלא
Fill, be full, or make complete.
The Hebrew term translated “consecration” comes from the language of filling, and the rite is associated with filling the priests’ hands for service. This verse names the breast and shoulder among the portions set apart for Aaron and his sons.
ALSO GROWS
millēʾ: To fill.
מִלֵּא
This verb shares the root behind the name for the consecration rite.
mālēʾ: Full, filled.
מָלֵא
This form makes the sense of filling audible beneath the English word “consecration.”
קִדַּשְׁתָּ
qiddashta
GROWS FROM
ק־ד־שׁ
Set apart, make distinct for a dedicated use.
“sanctify” in this verse is qiddashta. The same root forms words for set-apartness and sanctuary, so sanctifying here marks these portions for a distinct use. The verse names their recipients: Aaron and his sons.
ALSO GROWS
qadosh: Set apart.
קָדוֹשׁ
This form carries the same set-apart quality that the verb applies to the portions.
miqdash: Sanctuary, a set-apart place.
מִקְדָּשׁ
The sanctuary shares the root and shows how setting apart can mark a place as well as these portions.
תְּרוּמָה
terumah
GROWS FROM
ר־ו־ם
Rise, be high, or lift up.
“heave offering” in this verse is terumah. Terumah names a lifted contribution, and the verse describes it with a form from the same root: “heaved up.” The root keeps the upward movement inside the name of the portion.
ALSO GROWS
huram: Was lifted up, raised.
הוּרָם
This is the root form behind “which is heaved up” in the verse.
marom: Height, high place.
מָרוֹם
This related word preserves the root’s sense of height and rising.
THE PATTERN
A portion dedicated through sacred service also becomes provision for those who serve.
For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel.And this shall be the priest’s due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?THE THREAD
For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel.Leviticus repeats the same Hebrew terms for the wave breast and heave shoulder, then says these portions are given to Aaron and his sons. The shared roots connect the ritual gestures to a concrete transfer: the set-apart share becomes their provision.
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