Bible Encyclopedias
Heave-Shoulder

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(שׁוֹק תְּרוּמָה, Sept. βραχίων ἀφαιρέματος .) is the name applied to the (right) shoulder that fell to the priests in the presentation of animals as a thank-offering (Leviticus 7:34; Numbers vi. 20; 18:18), which could be eaten only by such of their families as were in a ceremonially clean state (Leviticus 10:14). (See OFFERING).