Deuteronomy 18:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give to the priest the shoulder, the two cheeks, and the stomach.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    This shall be the priests' due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice: whether ox or sheep, they are to give the priest the shoulder, the cheeks, and the stomach.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard 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 shoulr, and the two cheeks, and the maw.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And this shall be the priests'{H3548} due{H4941} from the people,{H5971} from them that offer{H2076} a sacrifice,{H2077} whether it be ox{H7794} or sheep,{H7716} that they shall give{H5414} unto the priest{H3548} the shoulder,{H2220} and the two cheeks,{H3895} and the maw.{H6896}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And this shall be the priest's{H3548} due{H4941} from the people{H5971}, from them that offer{H2076}{(H8802)} a sacrifice{H2077}, whether it be ox{H7794} or sheep{H7716}; and they shall give{H5414}{(H8804)} unto the priest{H3548} the shoulder{H2220}, and the two cheeks{H3895}, and the maw{H6896}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And this is the dutie of the preastes, of the people and of them that offer, whether it be oxe or shepe: They must geue vnto the preast, the shulder and the two chekes and the maw,

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    This shalbe ye prestes dutye of the people, & of the that offre, whether it be oxe or shepe, so that they geue vnto the prest the shulder and both the chekes, and the brest.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And this shalbe the Priests duetie of the people, that they, which offer sacrifice, whether it be bullocke or sheepe, shall giue vnto the Priest the shoulder, & the two cheekes, & the mawe.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the priestes duetie of the people, and of them that offer, whether it be oxe or sheepe, they must geue vnto the priest the shoulder, & the two chekes, and the mawe.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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, and the two cheeks, and the maw.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `And this is the priest's right from the people, from those sacrificing a sacrifice, whether ox or sheep, he hath even given to the priest the leg, and the two cheeks, and the stomach;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And this is to be the priests' right: those who make an offering of a sheep or an ox are to give to the priest the top part of the leg and the two sides of the head and the stomach.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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, and the two cheeks, and the maw.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    This shall be the priests’ fair allotment from the people who offer sacrifices, whether bull or sheep– they must give to the priest the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 7:30-34 : 30 His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire; the fat with the breast, he shall bring, that the breast may be waved as a wave offering before the LORD. 31 And the priest shall burn the fat on the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'. 32 And you shall give the right shoulder to the priest as a heave offering from the sacrifices of your peace offerings. 33 He among the sons of Aaron who offers the blood of the peace offerings and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his portion. 34 For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken from the children of Israel from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons by a statute forever from among the children of Israel.
  • Deut 12:27 : 27 And you shall offer your burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, on the altar of the LORD your God, and the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of the LORD your God, and you shall eat the flesh.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 18:18
    84%

    18 And the flesh of them shall be yours, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are yours.

  • Lev 7:30-34
    5 verses
    82%

    30 His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire; the fat with the breast, he shall bring, that the breast may be waved as a wave offering before the LORD.

    31 And the priest shall burn the fat on the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'.

    32 And you shall give the right shoulder to the priest as a heave offering from the sacrifices of your peace offerings.

    33 He among the sons of Aaron who offers the blood of the peace offerings and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his portion.

    34 For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken from the children of Israel from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons by a statute forever from among the children of Israel.

  • Deut 18:4
    80%

    4 The firstfruits of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you shall give him.

  • Lev 10:13-15
    3 verses
    78%

    13 You shall eat it in a holy place because it is your due and your sons' due of the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire, for so I am commanded.

    14 The breast of the wave offering and the shoulder of the heave offering you shall eat in a clean place, you, your sons, and your daughters with you, for they are your due and your sons' due, given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.

    15 They shall bring the heave shoulder and the wave breast with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it as a wave offering before the Lord; and it shall be yours and your sons' with you, by a statute forever, as the Lord has commanded.'

  • Lev 3:9-11
    3 verses
    77%

    9 From the sacrifice of the peace offering, he shall offer a fire offering to the LORD: the fat thereof, the whole tail cut close by the backbone, the fat that covers the entrails, and all the fat that is on the entrails,

    10 And the two kidneys, and the fat on them, which is by the flanks, and the lobe above the liver, with the kidneys, he shall remove.

    11 The priest shall burn them on the altar: it is the food of the fire offering to the LORD.

  • Lev 8:25-26
    2 verses
    77%

    25 And he took the fat, the fatty tail, all the fat that was on the entrails, the fatty lobe attached to the liver, the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right thigh;

    26 And out of the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened cake, a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the fat and on the right thigh;

  • Lev 7:8-9
    2 verses
    76%

    8 And the priest who offers any man's burnt offering, even the priest, shall have for himself the skin of the burnt offering which he has offered.

    9 And all the grain offering baked in the oven, and all that is prepared in the frying pan and in the pan, shall be the priest's who offers it.

  • 1 Sam 2:15
    76%

    15 Also, before they burned the fat, the priest's servant would come and say to the man who sacrificed, Give meat to roast for the priest, for he will not take boiled meat from you, but raw.

  • Lev 4:9-10
    2 verses
    76%

    9 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the fatty lobe above the liver, with the kidneys, shall he take away,

    10 As it was taken off from the bull of the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of burnt offering.

  • Lev 7:3-5
    3 verses
    76%

    3 And he shall offer from it all the fat, the tail, and the fat that covers the entrails,

    4 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them by the loins, and the lobe above the liver, with the kidneys, he shall remove it:

    5 And the priest shall burn them on the altar for an offering made by fire to the LORD: it is a trespass offering.

  • Exod 29:22
    75%

    22 Also you shall take the fat of the ram, the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails, the fatty lobe attached to the liver, the two kidneys and the fat on them, and the right thigh: for it is a ram of consecration,

  • Num 5:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9 And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring to the priest, shall be his.

    10 And every man's sacred offerings shall be his; whatever any man gives the priest, it shall be his.

  • Lev 3:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3 From the sacrifice of the peace offering, he shall offer a fire offering to the LORD: the fat that covers the entrails, and all the fat that is on the entrails,

    4 And the two kidneys, and the fat on them, which is on the flanks, and the lobe above the liver, with the kidneys, he shall remove.

  • Num 18:27-31
    5 verses
    75%

    27 And this your heave offering shall be reckoned to you, as though it were the corn of the threshing floor, and as the fullness of the winepress.

    28 Thus you also shall offer a heave offering to the LORD of all your tithes, which you receive of the children of Israel; and you shall give thereof the LORD'S heave offering to Aaron the priest.

    29 Out of all your gifts you shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.

    30 Therefore you shall say to them, When you have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted to the Levites as the increase of the threshing floor, and as the increase of the winepress.

    31 And you shall eat it in every place, you and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.

  • Exod 29:26-27
    2 verses
    74%

    26 Then you shall take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration and wave it as a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be your portion.

    27 And you shall consecrate the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering, which is waved and raised, of the ram of the consecration, from what was for Aaron and what was for his sons.

  • Lev 3:14-16
    3 verses
    74%

    14 He shall offer from it his offering, a fire offering to the LORD: the fat that covers the entrails, and all the fat that is on the entrails,

    15 And the two kidneys, and the fat on them, which is by the flanks, and the lobe above the liver, with the kidneys, he shall remove.

    16 The priest shall burn them on the altar: it is the food of the fire offering for a pleasing aroma: all the fat is the LORD's.

  • Num 31:29
    74%

    29 Take it from their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest as a heave offering of the LORD.

  • Deut 18:8
    73%

    8 They shall have equal portions to eat, besides what comes from the sale of his patrimony.

  • Num 15:3
    73%

    3 And make an offering by fire to the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in fulfilling a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a pleasing aroma to the LORD, of the herd or of the flock:

  • Lev 9:19
    72%

    19 And the fat of the bull and of the ram, the tail, and that which covers the entrails, and the kidneys, and the covering above the liver:

  • Exod 22:30
    72%

    30 Likewise you shall do with your oxen and your sheep. It shall be with its mother seven days; on the eighth day you shall give it to me.

  • Num 18:11
    72%

    11 And this is yours; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them to you, and to your sons and to your daughters with you, by a statute forever: everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it.

  • Ezek 44:29-30
    2 verses
    72%

    29 They shall eat the grain offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.

    30 And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every offering of every kind, of all your offerings, shall belong to the priests; you shall also give to the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in your house.

  • Deut 18:2
    72%

    2 Therefore, they shall have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as He has said to them.

  • Lev 1:10
    72%

    10 And if his offering is of the flocks, namely, of the sheep or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring a male without blemish.

  • Lev 8:29
    72%

    29 And Moses took the breast and waved it as a wave offering before the LORD; it was Moses' part of the ram of consecration, as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • 1 Sam 2:13
    72%

    13 And this was the priests' custom with the people, that, when any man offered a sacrifice, the priest's servant would come while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged fork in his hand;