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and the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before Yahweh; this is holy for the priest, together with the wave-breast and heave-thigh: and after that the Nazirite may drink wine.
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A Gesture of Gratitude
Commentators explain the wave offering was a symbolic act. The priest would place his hands under the Nazarite's, signifying that the ability to complete the vow came from God's enabling grace. It was a final gesture of gratitude and acknowledgment of God's sovereignty before the vow was officially concluded.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The law of the Nazarite is appropriately added to other enactments concerning the sanctity of the holy nation. That sanctity found its highest expr…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the priest shall wave them [for] a wave offering before the Lord Putting his hand…
The word Nazarite signifies separation. Some were appointed by God, before their birth, to be Nazarites all their lives, like Samson and John the B…
