Numbers 18:18

18 carnes vero in usum tuum cedent sicut pectusculum consecratum et armus dexter tua erunt

Numbers 18:18 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 18:18

And the flesh of them shall be thine
For him and his family to eat of, whether blemished or perfect the Jews say F12:

as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine:
which were his part of the peace offerings, for him and his sons to eat of, ( Leviticus 7:34 ) ; and the Jews observe F13, that as the wave breast and heave shoulder of the peace offerings might be eaten in two days and one night, so might those of the firstlings.


FOOTNOTES:

F12 Maimon. & Bartenora in Misn. Becorot, c. 4. sect. 2. & 5. 2.
F13 Maimon. & Bartenora in Misn. Zebachim, c. 5. sect. 8.

Numbers 18:18 In-Context

16 cuius redemptio erit post unum mensem siclis argenti quinque pondere sanctuarii siclus viginti obolos habet
17 primogenitum autem bovis et ovis et caprae non facies redimi quia sanctificata sunt Domino sanguinem tantum eorum fundes super altare et adipes adolebis in suavissimum odorem Domino
18 carnes vero in usum tuum cedent sicut pectusculum consecratum et armus dexter tua erunt
19 omnes primitias sanctuarii quas offerunt filii Israhel Domino tibi dedi et filiis ac filiabus tuis iure perpetuo pactum salis est sempiternum coram Domino tibi ac filiis tuis
20 dixitque Dominus ad Aaron in terra eorum nihil possidebitis nec habebitis partem inter eos ego pars et hereditas tua in medio filiorum Israhel
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