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What the Bible Says About Heave-Offering

Overview

The Bible addresses heave-offering across 29 verses, drawn from the Old Testament. These passages cluster most in Numbers and Leviticus. Closely related themes include Desert, Journey of Israel Through The, Spoils, Levites and Wave Offering. Figures whose stories touch this theme include Moses, Eleazar, Aaron and Ithamar.

Key Bible verses about heave-offering

Old Testament

Leviticus

Leviticus 10:12

And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it is most holy:

Leviticus 10:13

And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the LORD made by fire: for so I am commanded.

Leviticus 10:14

And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.

Leviticus 10:15

The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by a statute for ever; as the LORD hath commanded.

Numbers

Numbers 15:19

Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the LORD.

Numbers 15:20

Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it.

Numbers 15:21

Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering in your generations.

Numbers 31:26

Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation: that: Heb. of the captivity

Numbers 31:27

And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:

Numbers 31:28

And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:

Numbers 31:29

Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD.

Numbers 31:30

And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD. flocks: or, goats

Numbers 31:31

And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.

Numbers 31:32

And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,

Numbers 31:33

And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,

Numbers 31:34

And threescore and one thousand asses,

Numbers 31:35

And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.

Numbers 31:36

And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:

Numbers 31:37

And the LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.

Numbers 31:38

And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and twelve.

Numbers 31:39

And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and one.

Numbers 31:40

And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons.

Numbers 31:41

And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD'S heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.

Numbers 31:42

And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,

Numbers 31:43

(Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,

Numbers 31:44

And thirty and six thousand beeves,

Numbers 31:45

And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,

Numbers 31:46

And sixteen thousand persons;)

Numbers 31:47

Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.

People in the Bible and heave-offering

Biblical figures whose stories intersect with this theme.

In the Bible dictionary

Studying heave-offering for yourself

  • Begin with Leviticus 10:12, then read the passages below in canonical order.
  • Compare how Numbers and Leviticus each treat the theme.
  • Consider the lives of Moses, Eleazar and Aaron and how their stories intersect with it.
  • Widen the study to related themes: Desert, Journey of Israel Through The, Spoils, Levites and Wave Offering.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Bible say about heave-offering?

The Bible addresses heave-offering across 29 verses, drawn from the Old Testament. These passages cluster most in Numbers and Leviticus. Closely related themes include Desert, Journey of Israel Through The, Spoils, Levites and Wave Offering. Figures whose stories touch this theme include Moses, Eleazar, Aaron and Ithamar.

How many Bible verses are about heave-offering?

The Bible references heave-offering in 29 verses (King James Version).

Where does the Bible first mention heave-offering?

In canonical order, the first of these passages is Leviticus 10:12: “And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it is most holy:”

Which people in the Bible are associated with heave-offering?

Moses, Eleazar, Aaron and Ithamar.

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