Shēnméngjì 18:3

3 Jìsī cóng bǎixìng suǒ dàng de de fèn nǎi shì zhèyàng , fán xiàn niú huò yáng wéi jì de , yào bǎ qián tuǐ hé liǎng sāi bìng pí wèi gĕi jìsī .

Shēnméngjì 18:3 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 18:3

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 (enustron) , and other writers (hnustron) , is, according to the philosopher ^F16, the fourth and last ventricle or stomach, and which he thus describes;

``after the echinus or rough tripe is that which is called (hnustron) , the maw, which is in size larger than the echinus, and in form longer, and has many large and smooth folds;''

and (hnustron boov) , the maw of an ox, and the belly of a swine, are reckoned by the poet ^F17 as delicious food.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 Aristot. Hist. Animal. l. 2. c. 17.
F17 Aristophan. Equites, Act. 1. Sc. 3. p. 307. & Act. 4. Sc. 1. p. 355.

Shēnméngjì 18:3 In-Context

1 Jìsī Lìwèi rén hé Lìwèi quán zhīpaì bì zaì Yǐsèliè zhōng wú fèn wú yè . tāmen suǒ chī yòng de jiù shì xiàn gĕi Yēhéhuá de huǒ jì hé yīqiè suǒ juān de .

2 Tāmen zaì dìxiōng zhōng bì méiyǒu chǎnyè . Yēhéhuá shì tāmende chǎnyè , zhēng rú Yēhéhuá suǒ yīngxǔ tāmende .

3 Jìsī cóng bǎixìng suǒ dàng de de fèn nǎi shì zhèyàng , fán xiàn niú huò yáng wéi jì de , yào bǎ qián tuǐ hé liǎng sāi bìng pí wèi gĕi jìsī .

4 Chū shōu de wǔgǔ , xīn jiǔ hé yóu , bìng chū jiǎn de yáng maó , yĕ yào gĕi tā .

5 Yīnwei Yēhéhuá nǐde shén cóng nǐ gè zhīpaì zhōng jiāng tā jiǎnxuǎn chūlai , shǐ tā hé tā zǐsūn yǒngyuǎn fèng Yēhéhuá de míng shì lì , shìfèng .