Positive Commandment #274 of 613
Give the shoulder, two cheeks, and stomach of a slaughtered animals to a priest
Commandment #274 — a positive obligation from Deuteronomy 18:3, classified under Terumah and Tithes in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"Now this shall be the priests' due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, either an ox or a sheep, of which they shall give to the priest the shoulder and the two cheeks and the stomach.”
— Deuteronomy 18:3
Hebrew
ג וְזֶה יִהְיֶה מִשְׁפַּט הַכֹּהֲנִים מֵאֵת הָעָם, מֵאֵת זֹבְחֵי הַזֶּבַח--אִם-שׁוֹר אִם-שֶׂה: וְנָתַן, לַכֹּהֵן, הַזְּרֹעַ וְהַלְּחָיַיִם, וְהַקֵּבָה.
Greek (Septuagint)
3 καὶ αὕτη ἡ κρίσις τῶν ἱερέων, τὰ παρὰ τοῦ λαοῦ, παρὰ τῶν θυόντων τὰ θύματα, ἐάν τε μόσχον ἐάν τε πρόβατον· καὶ δώσει τῷ ἱερεῖ τὸν βραχίονα καὶ τὰ σιαγόνια καὶ τὸ ἔνυστρον.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Terumah and Tithes
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 18
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Shoftim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #506
- Mishneh Torah
- SeedsFirst Fruits and Other Priestly Gifts Outside the Temple
Related Commandments in “Terumah and Tithes”
#252: Set aside a gift of food for the priest
Deuteronomy 18:4
#253: The Levite must set aside a tenth of his tithe for the priest
Numbers 18:26
#254: Do not preface one tithe to the next, but separate them in their proper order
Exodus 22:29
#255: A non- priest must not eat food set aside as a gift for the priest
Leviticus 22:10
#256: A hired worker or an Israelite bondsman of a priest must not eat food set aside as a gift for the priest
Leviticus 22:10
#257: An uncircumcised priest must not eat food set aside for a priest
Exodus 12:48
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