Numbers 6:20

shall wave them The portions of a peace-offering which fell to the priest were not appropriated by him until a peculiar ritual had been performed. The breast and in the present case the boiled shoulder and part of the meal-offering also were waved or swung, that is, apparently, moved towards the altar and back, as a symbol that the priest first gave them to God, and that God then gave them back to him for his own use (cf. Numbers 5:25; Exodus 29:27). The word -wave," however, is sometimes employed more loosely, and denotes simply -to offer"; see Numbers 8:11; Numbers 8:13; Numbers 8:15; Numbers 8:21.

heave thigh thigh of contribution. See on Numbers 5:9.