“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.”
But you and your sons and your daughters may eat the breast that was waved and the thigh that was presented. Eat them in a ceremonially clean place; they have been given to you and your children as your share of the Israelites' fellowship offerings. The fellowship offering portions — the wave breast and the presented thigh — are eaten by Aaron and his sons and daughters in any ceremonially clean place. The inclusion of daughters in the fellowship offering portions (while they are excluded from the most holy portions) communicates the graduated access to the priestly provisions: the most holy food is restricted to ordained males; the lesser holy food extends to the priestly family. The God who provides for the priests also provides for the priests' families.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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