You are to give the right thigh of your fellowship offerings to the priest as a contribution. The right thigh — the choicest cut of the animal's leg — is given as a contribution (terumah, a lifted portion) to the officiating priest specifically, rather than to the entire priestly community. Where the wave breast belongs to all the sons of Aaron, the right thigh belongs to the specific priest who officiates at that fellowship offering. The distinction communicates the two-level priestly provision: the communal provision (wave breast shared among all) and the individual provision (thigh to the officiating priest).

COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS

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