Each priest shall keep the offerings presented to him.
It is my unchanging decision that when my people make their fellowship offerings, the breast and the thigh of the animal belong to the priests. This is the people's gift to me, the Lord.
Eat it in a holy place; it is the part that belongs to you and your sons from the food offered to the Lord. That is what the Lord commanded me.
So Moses gave Eleazar the tax as a special contribution to the Lord, as the Lord had commanded.
The Lord commanded Moses
