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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.

This shall be the priest's due from the people. All who offered sacrifices of thanksgiving or peace offerings (Leviticus 7:31) were ordered to give the breast and shoulder as perequisites to the priests. Here "the two cheeks," or head, and dainty, are specified. But whether this is a new injunction, or a repetition of the old, with the supplement of more details, it is not easy to determine.

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See also Deuteronomy 18:3 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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_....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    14. THE RIGHTS OF THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES, THE TRUE AND THE FALSE PROPHET CHAPTER 18 _ 1. The rights of the priests and Levites (Deuteronomy 18:1)_ 2. Forbidden things (Deuteronomy 18:9) kite h...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PRIESTS, THE LEVITES TO BE SUPPORTED BY ALTAR GIFTS. The Jerusalem priests are intended. Deuteronomy 18:3_ f_. Contrast the later laws of Leviticus 7:34; Numbers 18:18;...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    PRIEST'S DUE. priest's custom. Compare 1 Samuel 2:13 1 Samuel 2:28, 1 Samuel 2:29; Leviticus 7:33;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And this shall be the priests" due_, etc.] Heb. _mishpaṭ_, as in 1 Samuel 2:13, where render: _and the priests" due from the people_. _from them that offer a sacrifice_ Heb. _slay_, or _sacrifice, a...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 3. _FROM THEM THAT OFFER A SACRIFICE_— These words may be rendered, _This shall be the priest's due from those who slay an animal:_ for the original word signifies no more than _to kill an anim...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    LESSON FOURTEEN DEUTERONOMY 16:18-20; DEUTERONOMY 17:2 TO DEUTERONOMY 18:22 e. THE LEADERS OF GOD'S PEOPLE ...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    (3) PRIESTS (Deuteronomy 18:1-8) The priests the Levites, _even_ all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, and his...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    18:3 sheep. (a-20) Or 'goat.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PRIESTLY DUES. CHARACTER AND WORK OF THE TRUE PROPHET 1-8. The Priestly dues: see on Numbers 18....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 18 V1 ‘The priests are *Levites. They and all the *tribe called Levi, will not have any share o...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    XVIII. Deuteronomy 18:1. THE PBIESTS’ DUE. (1) THE PRIESTS THE LEVITES, (AND) ALL THE TRIBE OF LEVI. — The fact that there is no “and” here in the original, and the look of the sentence in English,...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ זֶ֡ה יִהְיֶה֩ מִשְׁפַּ֨ט הַ כֹּהֲנִ֜ים מֵ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    SPEAKERS FOR GOD - II. THE PRIEST Deuteronomy 18:1 THE priesthood naturally follows the kingship in the regulations regarding the position of the governing classes. But it was an older and much more...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE PROPHET WHO WAS TO COME Deuteronomy 18:1 Those that serve the altar may live by the altar. Let us not forget the needs of those who serve us in holy things. It is a blessed thing when an individu...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In dealing with the priest who was already found among the people by the appointment of God, the fact that he was to have no inheritance in the land was restated. Then a special provision was made for...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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 (b) shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Due, ( judicium.) Moses only mentions a part, having explained the rest, Exodus xxix. 27., Leviticus vii. 32. --- Breast, ( ventriculum.) In the other places pectusculum occurs. Hebrew, "the shoulder,...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    This sacrifice was a peace offering. See Deuteronomy 12:6....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    It is clear that a new division of the statutes and judgments of this book begins with the later verses just read from Deuteronomy 16:1-22. What belonged to the religious life of Israel was closed wit...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    3._And this shall be the priests’ due. _It is not only for the sake of the priests that God enumerates what He would have them receive, that they may obtain what is their own without murmuring or disp...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The priests and the whole tribe of Levi have their portion assigned to them. The people are forbidden to do after those abominations, on account of which the nations which inhabited the land were driv...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole 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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The maw_ The Hebrew word here rendered _maw_, or _stomach_, may have another signification; and some render it the _breast;_ others take it for the part which lies under the breast....

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The Lord is the Priests and Leuites inheritance. 3 The Priests due. 6 The Leuites portion. 9 The abominations of the Nations are to bee auoyded. 15 Christ the Prophet is to be heard. 20 The pre...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And this shall be the priest's due from the people, that which he had a right to expect and demand, FROM THEM THAT OFFER A SACRIFICE, WHETHER IT BE OX OR SHEEP; AND THEY SHALL GIVE UNTO THE PRIEST THE...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE DUES OF PRIESTS AND LEVITES...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    PRIESTS AND LEVITES: THEIR DUE (vs.1-8) The proper support of the priests and Levites is again insisted on. Since they were given no inheritance in the land, and were separated to care for the intere...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-8 Care is taken that the priests entangle not themselves with the affairs of this life, nor enrich themselves with the wealth of this world; they have better things to mind. Care is likewise taken t...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    A SACRIFICE, to wit, a sacrifice of thanksgiving, or a peace-offering, as appears from LEVITICUS 7:31,33, which is ofttimes called simply a sacrifice, as Exodus 18:12 Leviticus 17:5,8 Num 15:3...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    The opening paragraph of this chapter suggests a deeply interesting and practical line of truth. "The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel; th...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Deuteronomy 18:3 priests H3548 due H4941 people H5971 offer H2076 (H8802) sacrifice H2077 bull H7794 sheep H7716

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PRIESTS (DEUTERONOMY 18:3). Deuteronomy 18:3 ‘ And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Laws concerning Levites, idolatrous practices and prophets. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Christ. CONCLUSION: God has made Himself known to men through One above all prophets (Acts 3:22; Acts 7:3...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Deuteronomy 18:1. _They shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire._ The sin- offerings, except the skin and the fat, which were burnt on the altar. The ecclesiastics having relinquished the two...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 18:3 Parts of the sacrifices and firstfruits are for the Levites. Compare Leviticus 7:28 and...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.—After speaking of the rulers of the people, Moses now mentions the teachers priests, Levites, and prophets; and what their privileges and position must be in their settlement in Canaan...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION RIGHTS OF THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES. THE ARTS OF DIVINATION OF THE HEATHEN TO BE AVOIDED. PROPHETS PROMISED WHOM...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now again he repeats how the tribe of Levi is not to be given any portion of the land but they will eat the offerings that were given unto the Lord made by fire as their inheritance for the Lord is th...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Deuteronomy 12:27; Leviticus 7:30...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The maw — The Hebrew word here rendered maw or stomach, may have another signification, and some render it the breast, others take it for the part, which lies under the breast....

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