Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and have them wave them before the Lord as a wave offering. The wave offering — placing the offerings in the priests' hands and waving them before the Lord — is the act from which the phrase filling the hands (ordination in Hebrew) comes. The priests' hands are literally filled with the ordination offerings and waved before God. The hand-filling that constitutes ordination is the act that initiates the priestly career: from this moment, the priests' hands are dedicated to offering, always available to be filled with what will be presented to God. The hands waved before the Lord are the hands that will wave every subsequent offering.

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