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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Heave offering \Heave" of`fer*ing\ (Jewish Antiq.)
   An offering or oblation heaved up or elevated before the
   altar, as the shoulder of the peace offering. See Wave
   offering. --Ex. xxix. 27.
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2. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

Heave offering
   Heb. terumah, (Ex. 29:27) means simply an offering, a present,
   including all the offerings made by the Israelites as a present.
   This Hebrew word is frequently employed. Some of the rabbis
   attach to the word the meaning of elevation, and refer it to the
   heave offering, which consisted in presenting the offering by a
   motion up and down, distinguished from the wave offering, which
   consisted in a repeated movement in a horizontal direction, a
   "wave offering to the Lord as ruler of earth, a heave offering
   to the Lord as ruler of heaven." The right shoulder, which fell
   to the priests in presenting thank offerings, was called the
   heave shoulder (Lev. 7:34; Num. 6:20). The first fruits offered
   in harvest-time (Num. 15:20, 21) were heave offerings.

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