Wave-Offering

This rite, together with that of “heaving” or “raising” the offering was an inseparable accompaniment of peace offerings. In such the right shoulder, considered the choicest part of the victim, was to be (“heaved,” and viewed as holy to the Lord, only eaten therefore by the priest: the breast was to be “waved,” and eaten by the worshipper. The scriptural notices of these rites are to be found in (Exodus 29:24,28; Leviticus 7:30,34; 8:27; 9:21; 10:14,15; 23:10,15,20; Numbers 6:20; 18:11,18,26-29) etc. In conjecturing the meaning of this rite, regard must be had that it was the accompaniment of peace offerings, which were witnesses to a ratified covenant—an established communion between God and man.

WAVE-OF'FERING, a peculiar feature of the rite of peace-offering, the right shoulder of the victim, considered the choicest piece, being "heaved," and eaten only by the priests, while the breast was "waved," and eaten by the worshippers. On the second day of the Passover a sheaf of corn was waved together with an unblemished lamb of the first year. From this ceremony the days were to be counted till Pentecost, on which feast the first-fruits of the ripe corn and two lambs of the first year were waved. Ex 29:24, Gen 1:27; Lev 7:30, Num 32:34; Ezr 8:27; Dan 9:21; Lev 10:14-15; Acts 23:10, Matt 23:15, Gen 23:20; Num 6:20; Matt 18:11, Matt 18:18, Num 18:26-29.

WAVE-OF'FERING, a peculiar feature of the rite of peace-offering, the right shoulder of the victim, considered the choicest piece, being "heaved," and eaten only by the priests, while the breast was "waved," and eaten by the worshippers. On the second day of the Passover a sheaf of corn was waved together with an unblemished lamb of the first year. From this ceremony the days were to be counted till Pentecost, on which feast the first-fruits of the ripe corn and two lambs of the first year were waved. Ex 29:24, Gen 1:27; Lev 7:30, Num 32:34; Ezr 8:27; Dan 9:21; Lev 10:14-15; Acts 23:10, Matt 23:15, Gen 23:20; Num 6:20; Matt 18:11, Matt 18:18, Num 18:26-29.