Archæology and the BibleBarton, George A. (George Aaron)
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Archæology and the Bible
Barton, George A. (George Aaron)
Bible -- Antiquities; Egypt -- Antiquities; Middle East -- Antiquities
For an ox as a whole burnt-offering[470] or a prayer-offering, or a
whole peace-offering,[471] the priests shall have 10 (shekels) of
silver for each; and in case of a whole burnt-offering, they shall
have in addition to this fee [300 shekels of fle]sh; and, in case of a
prayer-offering, the trimmings, the joints; but the skin and the fit
of the inwards[472] and the feet and the rest of the flesh the owner
of the sacrifice shall have.
For a calf whose horns are wanting, in case of one not castrated (?),
or in case of a ram as a whole burnt-offering, the priests shall have
5 shekels of silver [for each; and in case of a whole burnt-offering
they shall have in addit]ion to this fee 150 shekels of flesh; and, in
case of a prayer-offering, the trimmings and the joints; but the skin
and the fat of the inwards and the fe[et and the rest of the flesh the
owner of the sacrifice shall have].
In case of a ram or a goat as a whole burnt-offering, or a
prayer-offering, or a whole peace-offering, the priests shall have 1
shekel of silver and 2 _zars_ for each; and, in case of a
prayer-offering, they shall [have in addition to this fee the
trimmings] and the joints; but the skin and the fat of the inwards and
the feet and the rest of the flesh the owner of the sacrifice shall
have.
For a lamb, or a kid, or the young (?) of a hart, as a whole
burnt-offering, or a prayer-offering, or a whole peace-offering, the
priests shall have ¾ (of a shekel) and ...... _zars_ of silver [for
each; and, in case of a prayer-offering, they shall have in addition]
to this fee the trimmings and the joints; but the skin and the fat of
the inwards and the feet and the rest of the flesh the own[er of the
sacrifice] shall have.
For a bird, domestic or wild, as a whole peace-offering, or a
sacrifice-to-avert-calamity (?) or an oracular (?) sacrifice, the
priests shall have ¾ (of a shekel) of silver and 2 _zars_ for each;
but the f[lesh shall belong to the owner of the sacrifice].
For a bird, or sacred first-fruits, or a sacrifice of game, or a
sacrifice of oil, the priests shall have 10 _g_[_erahs_] for each; but
......................
In case of every prayer-offering that is presented before the gods,
the priests shall have the trimmings and the joints; and in the case
of a prayer-offering ....
For a cake, and for milk, and for every sacrifice which a man may
offer, for a meal-offering[473] ..........
For every sacrifice which a man may offer who is poor in cattle, or
poor in birds, the priests shall not have anything ..........
Every freeman and every slave and every dependent[474] of the gods and
all men who may sacrifice .........., these men [shall give] for the
sacrifice at the rate prescribed in the regulations ..........
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