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.
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Gill's Exposition
And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer sacrifice,.... Not from the priests, as Jarchi observes, but from those that bring the sacrifices to the priests, particularly…
Barnes' Notes
For “maw” read stomach, which was regarded as one of the richest and choicest parts. As the animal slain may be considered to consist of three principal parts, head, feet, and body, a portion of each…
Magistracy and ministry are two divine institutions of admirable use for the support and advancement of the kingdom of God among men. Laws concerning the former we had in the close of the foregoing…
Cambridge Bible
And this shall be the priests" due, etc.] Heb. mishpaṭ, as in 1Sa 2:13, where render: and the priests" due from the people.
from them that offer a sacrifice Heb. slay, or sacrifice, a sacrifice, a…