Exodus 29:22

Exodus 29:22. The right-shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration— See Exodus 29:27-28. A ram of consecration, in the Hebrew, is a ram of fillings; for the meaning of which, see note on Exodus 29:9. The right-shoulder in peace-offerings belonged to the priest, Lev 7:32 but as they, who were now consecrating, were not yet priests, it was to be burnt upon the altar. The rump here spoken of, means the remarkably large and fat tail which the eastern sheep bear, and which are sometimes of very considerable weight. See Bochart and Ludolph.