Mitzvah #274 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„Give the shoulder, two cheeks, and stomach of a slaughtered animals to a priest“
Scripture Reference: DEU 18:3 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Shoftim)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"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.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
ג וְזֶה יִהְיֶה מִשְׁפַּט הַכֹּהֲנִים מֵאֵת הָעָם, מֵאֵת זֹבְחֵי הַזֶּבַח--אִם-שׁוֹר אִם-שֶׂה: וְנָתַן, לַכֹּהֵן, הַזְּרֹעַ וְהַלְּחָיַיִם, וְהַקֵּבָה.
Greek Text (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.
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Shoftim
Sefer HaChinuch Number #506
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Seeds (Buch 7)
Section: First Fruits and Other Priestly Gifts Outside the Temple
Systematic Category (P119f) Terumah and Tithes