Take from this ram the fat, the fat tail, the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, both kidneys with the fat on them, and the right thigh. This is the ordination offering. The fat portions and the right thigh of the ordination ram are the specific parts designated as the ordination offering — the waved offering before God. The fat portions that burn on the altar and the right thigh that goes to the priest together constitute the ordination sacrifice's distinctive parts. The right thigh — the portion given to the officiating priest — is the portion Moses receives, since he performs Aaron's ordination. The priest who ordains receives the thigh; the ordained receives the wave breast (verse 26). The distribution of portions is the distribution of the covenant community's honor.

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