“His own hands shall bring the offerings of the Lord made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before the Lord.”
With their own hands they are to present the food offerings to the Lord; they are to bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast before the Lord as a wave offering. The worshipper's own hands carry the fat and the breast to be waved before the Lord. The wave offering — tenufah — involves the worshipper holding the portions and moving them in a presentation gesture before the altar, after which the priest takes them. The worshipper's hands under the fat and breast, the priest's hands under the worshipper's hands, both moving together in the wave — the wave offering is the most intimate collaborative act in the offering system. The fellowship offering is an offering of genuine, physical participation.
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