Bible Verses About Priests: Part of all sacrifices

Every male from a family of cohanim may eat it; it is to be eaten in a holy place; it is especially holy.

The guilt offering is like the sin offering; the same law governs them - it will belong to the cohen who uses it to make atonement.

"'The cohen who offers someone's burnt offering will possess the hide of the burnt offering which he has offered.

"'Every grain offering baked in the oven, cooked in a pot or fried on a griddle will belong to the cohen who offers it.

But every grain offering which is mixed with olive oil or is dry will belong to all the sons of Aharon equally.

The cohen is to make the fat go up in smoke on the altar, but the breast will belong to Aharon and his descendants.

For the breast that has been waved and the thigh that has been contributed I have taken from the people of Isra'el out of their sacrifices of peace offerings and given them to Aharon the cohen and to his descendants as their share forever from the people of Isra'el.'"

When the ram has been boiled, the cohen is to take its shoulder, one loaf of matzah from the basket and one unleavened wafer, and place them in the hands of the nazir, after he has shaved his consecrated head.

The cohen is to wave them as a wave offering before ADONAI; this is set aside for the cohen, along with the breast for waving and the raised-up thigh. Following that, the nazir may drink wine.

ADONAI said to Aharon, "I myself have put you in charge of the contributions given to me. Everything consecrated by the people of Isra'el I have given and set aside for you and your sons; this is a perpetual law.

Here is what is to be yours of the especially holy things taken from the fire: every offering they make - that is, every grain offering, sin offering and guilt offering of theirs that they turn over to me - will be especially holy for you and your sons.

You are to eat it in an especially holy place; every male may eat it; it will be set apart for you.

"Also yours is the contribution the people of Isra'el give in the form of wave offerings. I have given these to you, your sons and your daughters with you; this is a perpetual law. Everyone in your family who is clean may eat it.

"The cohanim will have the right to receive from the people, from those offering a sacrifice, whether ox or sheep, the shoulder, the jowls and the stomach.