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 18:2
 18:3
18:2 Since God shall be their heritage, as He promised them, they shall not have any [territorial] heritage among their brethren.
Venachalah lo-yihyeh-lo bekerev echav Adonay hu nachalato ka'asher diber-lo.
18:3 This shall be the law [of what the] priests [receive] from the people:

When any ox sheep or goat is slaughtered as food, you must give the priest the foreleg, the jaw and the maw.
Vezeh yihyeh mishpat hakohanim me'et ha'am me'et zovchey hazevach im-shor im-seh venatan lakohen hazroa vehalechayayim vehakevah.



Commentary:

This shall be the law
  See Numbers 18:8-19.

ox
  A cow or bull.

sheep or goat
  The Hebrew seh includes both.

foreleg
  The right foreleg (Chullin 134b; Yad, Bikkurim 9:18; Yoreh Deah 61:2).

jaw
  The lower jaw (Yad, Bikkurim 9:18).

the maw
  Kebhah in Hebrew. This is the last of a cow's four stomachs (Rashi, Chullin 42a, s.v. Beth; Yoreh Deah 48:1).





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