Deuteronomium 18:3

Staten Vertaling

Dit nu zal het recht der priesters zijn van het volk, van hen, die een offerande offeren, hetzij een os, of klein vee: dat hij den priester zal geven den schouder, en beide kinnebakken, en de pens.

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
Dit nu zal het recht der priesters zijn van het volk, van degenen, die offeren, hetzij os of schaap: dat men den priester geve den schouder, en de beide kinnebakken, en de pens,

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling
Dit nu is wat den priester toekomt van het volk, van hen die een slachtoffer brengen, hetzij rund of schaap: men geve den priester den schouder, de beide kinnebakken en de maag;

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

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.