申命记 18:3

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

“祭司從人民應得的分是這樣：人無論是獻牛或是獻羊，要把前腿、兩腮和胃給祭司。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
祭 司 从 百 姓 所 当 得 的 分 乃 是 这 样 ： 凡 献 牛 或 羊 为 祭 的 ， 要 把 前 腿 和 两 腮 并 脾 胃 给 祭 司 。

Contextual Overview

¹ The priests are from the tribe of Levi, and that tribe will not receive a share of the land with the Israelites. They will eat the offerings made to the Lord by fire, which is their share. ² They will not inherit any of the land like their brothers, but they will inherit the Lord himself, as he has promised them. ³ When you offer a bull or sheep as a sacrifice, you must share with the priests, giving them the shoulder, the cheeks, and the inner organs. ⁴ Give them the first of your grain, new wine, and oil, as well as the first wool you cut from your sheep. ⁵ The Lord your God has chosen the priests and their descendants out of all your tribes to stand and serve the Lord always. ⁶ If a Levite moves from one of your towns anywhere in Israel where he lives and comes to the place the Lord will choose, because he wants to serve the Lord there, ⁷ he may serve the Lord his God. He will be like his fellow Levites who serve there before the Lord . ⁸ They all will have an equal share of the food. That is separate from what he has received from the sale of family possessions.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

offer a sacrifice: Deuteronomy 12:27, Leviticus 7:30-34

Reciprocal: Exodus 29:27 - the breast Exodus 29:28 - Aaron's Leviticus 7:32 - General Leviticus 7:34 - the wave Leviticus 22:7 - General Numbers 5:9 - offering Numbers 18:11 - unto thee Numbers 18:20 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 32:5
I have cattle, donkeys, flocks, and male and female servants. I send this message to you and ask you to accept us.'"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 the peace offerings:

whether it be ox or sheep; the one of the herd, the other of the flock, creatures used in sacrifice, and takes in goats and the kids of them, rams and lambs:

and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw; the first of these designs the upper part of the arm that joins to the neck and back, and the next the two cheeks with the tongue, as both Jarchi and Aben Ezra observe, and indeed the whole head is meant; the maw, which the Septuagint interpreters call ενυστρον, and other writers ηνυστρον, is, according to the philosopher p, the fourth and last ventricle or stomach, and which he thus describes;

"after the echinus or rough tripe is that which is called

ηνυστρον, the maw, which is in size larger than the echinus, and in form longer, and has many large and smooth folds;''

and ηνυστρον βοος, the maw of an ox, and the belly of a swine, are reckoned by the poet q as delicious food.

p Aristot. Hist. Animal. l. 2. c. 17. q Aristophan. Equites, Act. 1. Sc. 3. p. 307. & Act. 4. Sc. 1. p. 355.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 is by the regulation in question to be given to the priest, thus representing the consecration of the whole; or, as some ancient commentators think, the dedication of the words, acts, and appetites of the worshipper to God.

The text probably refers to peace-offerings, and animals killed for the sacrificial meals held in connection with the peace-offerings.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 18:3. Offer a sacrifice — זבחי הזבח zobechey hazzebach. The word זבח zebach is used to signify, not only an animal sacrificed to the Lord, but also one killed for common use. See Genesis 46:1; Proverbs 17:1; Ezekiel 39:17. And in this latter sense it probably should be understood here; and, consequently, the command in this verse relates to what the people were to allow the priests and Levites from the animals slain for common use. The parts to be given to the priests were,

1. The shoulder, probably cut off from the beast with the skin on; so Maimonides.

2. The two cheeks, which may include the whole head.

3. The maw - the whole of those intestines which are commonly used for food.