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  • From: Harold Holmyard <hholmyard3 AT earthlink.net>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Fill Hand
  • Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2007 08:23:53 -0500

Dear Vadym,

What is the meaning of "to fill hand" (Ex.28:41, 32:29, etc)?

HH: It is an idiom expressing the idea of dedication or consecration:

Ex. 28:41 After you put these clothes on your brother Aaron and his sons, anoint and ordain them. Consecrate them so they may serve me as priests.
Ex. 32:29 Then Moses said, “You have been set apart to the LORD today, for you were against your own sons and brothers, and he has blessed you this day.”

HH: The words "fill" and "hands" may derive from the ceremony of ordination, where the prospective priests had something in their hands to offer G:

Ex. 29:22 “Take from this ram the fat, the fat tail, the fat around the inner parts, the covering of the liver, both kidneys with the fat on them, and the right thigh. (This is the ram for the ordination.)
Ex. 29:23 From the basket of bread made without yeast, which is before the LORD, take a loaf, and a cake made with oil, and a wafer.
Ex. 29:24 Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and wave them before the LORD as a wave offering.
Ex. 29:25 Then take them from their hands and burn them on the altar along with the burnt offering for a pleasing aroma to the LORD, an offering made to the LORD by fire.

Yours,
Harold Holmyard







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