Leviticus 8 · Verse 27

Leviticus 8:27

And he put all upon Aaron’s hands, and upon his sons’ hands, and waved them for a wave offering before the Lord.
Leviticus 8:27, King James Version

Leviticus 8:27 in other translations

BSBHe put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and waved them before the LORD as a wave offering.
WEBHe put all these in Aaron’s hands and in his sons’ hands, and waved them for a wave offering before the LORD.
ASVand he put the whole upon the hands of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons, and waved them for a wave-offering before Jehovah.
YLTand putteth the whole on the hands of Aaron, and on the hands of his sons, and waveth them--a wave-offering before Jehovah.
DARBYand he gave all into Aaron's hands, and into his sons' hands, and waved them as a wave-offering before Jehovah.
BBEAnd he put them all on the hands of Aaron and on the hands of his sons, waving them for a wave offering before the Lord.
WebsterAnd he put all upon Aaron's hands, and upon his sons' hands, and waved them for a wave-offering before the LORD.

What does Leviticus 8:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 8:22-30

22-30. brought the other ram,--&c. After the sin offering and burnt offering had been presented on their behalf, this was their peace offering, by which they declared the pleasure which they felt in entering upon the service of God and being brought into close communion with Him as the ministers of His sanctuary, together with their confident reliance on His grace to help them in all their sacred duties.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 27 And waved them for a wave-offering - See the nature of this and the heave-offering in the note on Exo 29:27 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 8:14-36

In these types we see our great High Priest, even Christ Jesus, solemnly appointed, anointed, and invested with his sacred office, by his own blood, and the influences of his Holy Spirit. He sanctifies the ordinances of religion, to the benefit of his people and the honour of God the Father; who for his sake accepts our worship, though it is polluted with sin. We may also rejoice, that he is a merciful and faithful…

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Leviticus 8:27 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּתֵּ֣ןvai.yi.Tenand he putH5414
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַכֹּ֔לha.Kol<the> everythingH3605
עַ֚ל'alonH5921
כַּפֵּ֣יka.Pei[the] palms ofH3709
אַהֲרֹ֔ן'a.ha.RonAaronH175
וְעַ֖לve.'Aland onH5921
כַּפֵּ֣יka.Pei[the] palms ofH3709
בָנָ֑יוva.Navsons hisH1121
וַיָּ֧נֶףvai.Ya.nefand he wavedH5130
אֹתָ֛ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
תְּנוּפָ֖הte.nu.Faha wave-offeringH8573
לִפְנֵ֥יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Leviticus 8:27

  • Hebrews 9:14

    How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

  • Exodus 29:24-37

    And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the Lord. And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the Lord: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord. And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the Lord: and it shall be thy part. And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons: …

  • Jeremiah 30:21

    And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the Lord.

  • Leviticus 7:30-31

    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. And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
upon Aaron's.
Ex 29:24-37; Jer 30:21; Heb 9:14
and waved.
7:30,31

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Leviticus 8:26

    And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the Lord, he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder:

  • Leviticus 8:27

    And he put all upon Aaron’s hands, and upon his sons’ hands, and waved them for a wave offering before the Lord.

  • Leviticus 8:28

    And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet savour: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

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Leviticus 8:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y púsolo todo en las manos de Aarón, y en las manos de sus hijos, é hízolo mecer: ofrenda agitada delante de Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et il mit le tout sur les paumes des mains d’Aaron et sur les paumes des mains de ses fils, et les tournoya comme offrande tournoyée devant l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und er legte das alles auf die Hände Aarons und auf die Hände seiner Söhne, und webte es als Webopfer vor Jehova.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
tradens simul omnia Aaron et filiis ejus. Qui postquam levaverunt ea coram Domino,