40 The “palms” refer to the up-turned hands, positioned in such a way that the articles of the offering could be placed on them.
41 Heb “and he waved.” The subject of the verb “he waved” is Aaron, but Aaron’s sons also performed the action (see “Aaron and his sons” just previously). See the similar shifts from Moses to Aaron as the subject of the action above (vv. 15, 16, 19, 20, 23), and esp. the note on . In the present translation this is rendered as an adjectival clause (“who waved”) to indicate that the referent is not Moses but Aaron and his sons. Cf. “who lifted it up”; “whom he had wave” (with “he” referring to Moses here).

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And he put all these in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons and waved them as a wave offering before the Lord.

He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons, and they waved them before the Lord as a wave offering.

He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and presented them before the Lord as a presentation offering.

He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons, and he lifted these gifts as a special offering to the Lord.

Then he put all of these on Aaron’s palms and on his sons’ palms, and he waved them as a wave offering before Yahweh.

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

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