heave offering
Example Sentences
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XV, 20: "Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for a heave offering."
From Pirke Avot Sayings of the Jewish Fathers by Gorfinkle, Joseph I.
As expiation, all women are commanded to separate a heave offering from the dough.
From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 by Szold, Henrietta
That tithes were ceremonial is plain, not being given to the Levites till they had been first offered an heave offering to the Lord.
From A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 3 by Clarkson, Thomas
The Prince has his portion on both sides of the oblation, the heave offering.
From The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition by Gaebelein, Arno C.