And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’ by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the LORD.
And this will belong to Aaron and his sons forever as a permanent law from the people of Israel, because it is a special offering lifted up to God. It will be a lifted-up offering from the Israelites taken from their fellowship sacrifices—their special offering to the LORD.
God is establishing that certain portions of the people's sacrificial offerings will permanently belong to Aaron and his sons (the priests) as their provision.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of God's detailed instructions for consecrating Aaron and his sons as Israel's first priests at Mount Sinai. The 'heave offering' (or 'wave offering') was a portion of sacrificial meat that was ceremonially lifted up before God and then given to the priests as their food and income, since priests had no other land inheritance in Israel.
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