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The LORD said to Moses,

"Say to the Israelites: 'Anyone who brings a fellowship offering to the LORD is to bring part of it as his sacrifice to the LORD .

With his own hands he is to bring the offering made to the LORD by fire; he is to bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast before the LORD as a wave offering.

The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.

You are to give the right thigh of your fellowship offerings to the priest as a contribution.

The son of Aaron who offers the blood and the fat of the fellowship offering shall have the right thigh as his share.

From the fellowship offerings of the Israelites, I have taken the breast that is waved and the thigh that is presented and have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons as their regular share from the Israelites.' "

This is the portion of the offerings made to the LORD by fire that were allotted to Aaron and his sons on the day they were presented to serve the LORD as priests.

On the day they were anointed, the LORD commanded that the Israelites give this to them as their regular share for the generations to come.