Just so, in the ordination peace offering, the contribution-thigh was given to God, the officiating Priest, and thus turned into smoke as His “food” (Ex. The things given to God were shared by all God’s special servants, the priests. The breast was given to God by the ritual of lifting it up and receiving it back again (the mistranslated “wave offering,” which was actually lifted up, not waved). The thigh was given directly to the officiating priest as a contribution (the mistranslated “heave offering”), so that it was for him and his family. Perhaps we should understand that the Lord Himself and Moses were the officiating priests at the ordination of Aaron, since He and Moses received the priest’s portions. In other words, the right thigh of the ram of ordination was burned, but subsequently, the priest who offered the peace offering received the right thigh as his own. ![]() Verse 28 seems to be a parenthetical instruction that, with the exception of the ram of ordination, the priests should receive the breast and thigh from every peace offering. Exodus 29:27 specifically tells us that the breast and thigh of the ram of ordination was consecrated, but it does not say that they were eaten. And in Leviticus 9:21 and 10:14-15, the breast and thigh are said to belong to the priest, and must be eaten in a clean place. In Leviticus 7:29-34, by contrast, the breast was to be shared by all the priests, while the right thigh was given to the officiating priest. Similarly, Leviticus 8:25-26 says that the right thigh was burned as an offering by fire at the ordination of the Aaron and his sons, and we are told in verse 29 that Moses took the breast for himself. In Exodus 29:22-25, the right thigh of the ram of “filling” was to be burned with the peace offering, and the breast was to be given to Moses. Shoq is used in the Mosaic law only with reference to the thigh of the peace offering. ![]() When shoq refers to part of an animal’s body it designates the upper, thicker part of the leg.” The word yarek is used to refer to the upper part of a man’s leg (cf. According to the Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament, “When shoq refers to a man’s body it designates the lower part of the leg, the shank from the knees downward. The word translated “thigh” in the passages discussed below is shoq. The purpose of this essay is to attempt to determine the reason why the second of these, the thigh, should be given to the priest. In the Levitical law, the priests received two particular portions of each peace offering: the “wave offering” of the breast and the “heave offering” (or better, “contribution”) of the right thigh.
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