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Deuteronomy 18:3

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.

KJV

Hoc erit judicium sacerdotum a populo, et ab his qui offerunt victimas : sive bovem, sive ovem immolaverint, dabunt sacerdoti armum ac ventriculum :

Vulgate

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.

LXX

And this shall be the priests’ due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.

ASV

וְ/זֶ֡ה יִהְיֶה֩ מִשְׁפַּ֨ט הַ/כֹּהֲנִ֜ים מֵ/אֵ֣ת הָ/עָ֗ם מֵ/אֵ֛ת זֹבְחֵ֥י הַ/זֶּ֖בַח אִם שׁ֣וֹר אִם שֶׂ֑ה וְ/נָתַן֙ לַ/כֹּהֵ֔ן הַ/זְּרֹ֥עַ וְ/הַ/לְּחָיַ֖יִם וְ/הַ/קֵּבָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
זְר֣וֹעַ
zrv'
noun · 91×
זֶ֣בַח
zbch
noun · 160×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
י
y
noun · 422×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
כֹּהֵ֔ן
khn
noun · 747×
לֶּ֑חִי
lchy
noun · 19×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מְזַבְּחִ֥ים
mzbchym
verb · 132×
קֵּבָֽה
qbh
noun · 1×
שׁ֥וֹר
shvr
noun · 77×
שֶׂ֖ה
shh
noun · 45×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 12:27 — And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou
  • Exod 29:27 — And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron
  • Lev 7:30 — His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before the LORD.
  • Lev 7:32 — And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.
  • Num 5:9 — And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.
  • Num 18:11 — And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute fo