John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 3. And this shall be the priest’s due from the people, from them that offer sacrifice , etc.] 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 f202 , 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 as delicious food.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-8 - Care is taken that the priests entangle not themselves with the affair of this life, nor enrich themselves with the wealth of this world; the have better things to mind. Care is likewise taken that they want no the comforts and conveniences of this life. The people must provide for them. He that has the benefit of solemn religious assemblies, ought to give help for the comfortable support of those that minister in suc assemblies.
Original Hebrew וזה2088 יהיה1961 משׁפט4941 הכהנים3548 מאת853 העם5971 מאת853 זבחי2076 הזבח2077 אם518 שׁור7794 אם518 שׂה7716 ונתן5414 לכהן3548 הזרע2220 והלחיים3895 והקבה׃6896
