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11And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.

Leviticus 23:11

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • 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.

  • And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.

  • And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 4-14)

Here again the feasts are called the feasts of the Lord , because he appointed them. Jeroboam’s feast, which he devised of his own heart (1 Kgs. 12:33), was an affront to God, and a reproach upon the people. These feasts were to be proclaimed in their seasons (Lev. 23:4), and the seasons God chose for them were in March, May and September (according to our present computation), not in winter, beca…

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