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Deuteronomy 18:3
Deuteronomy 18:3 is verse 3 of Deuteronomy chapter 18, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
This shall be the priests’ due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give to the priest: the shoulder, the two cheeks, and the inner parts.
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Deuteronomy 18:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible
1 The Levitical priests—indeed the whole tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They are to eat the offerings made by fire to the LORD; that is their inheritance.
2 Although they have no inheritance among their brothers, the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.
3 This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.
4 You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the first wool sheared from your flock.
5 For the LORD your God has chosen Levi and his sons out of all your tribes to stand and minister in His name for all time.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Deuteronomy 12:27Present the meat and blood of your burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD your God. The blood of your other sacrifices must be poured out beside the altar of the LORD your God, but you may eat the meat.
Leviticus 7:30With his own hands he is to bring the offerings made by fire to the LORD; he shall bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast as a wave offering before the LORD.
Leviticus 7:31The priest is to burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.
Leviticus 7:32And you are to give the right thigh to the priest as a contribution from your peace offering.
Leviticus 7:33The son of Aaron who presents the blood and fat of the peace offering shall have the right thigh as a portion.
Leviticus 7:34I have taken from the sons of Israel the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons as a permanent portion from the sons of Israel.’”