Deuteronomy 18:3

This, therefore shall be the due of the priests from the people from them who offer the sacrifice whether ox or lamb,—there shall be given unto the priest, the shoulder and the two cheeks and the maw:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And this shall be the priest’s due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.

In Context

2But inheritance, shall he not have, in the midst of his brethren,—Yahweh, is his inheritance, as he spake unto him.

4the firstfruit of thy corn thy new wine and thine oil and the first of the fleece of thy flock, shalt thou give unto him.

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Cross References

Exodus 29:27And thou shalt hallow the breast of the wave-offering, and the shoulder of the heave-offering, which is waved to and fro, and which is heaved up, from the ram of installation, from that which is for Aaron, and from that which is for his sons;

Leviticus 7:30his own hands shall bring in the altar-flames of Yahweh,—the fat with the breast, he shall bring it in, the breast, to wave it as a wave-offering before Yahweh.

Leviticus 22:7When the sun tooth in, then is he clean,—and thereafter, he may eat of the hallowed things, for, his food, it is.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 18:2-9

Maintenance of the Levites. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his inheritance. 2 Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the Lord is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them. 3 And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the… Read the whole commentary →

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