Exodus 29:22 (WEB)
Also you shall take some of the ram’s fat, the fat tail, the fat that covers the innards, the cover of the liver, the two kidneys, the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of consecration),
Catechism · 1
“A special rite consecrated the beginnings of the priesthood of the Old Covenant. the priests are "appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins."” — Catechism footnote: Heb 5:1; cf. Ex 29:1-30; Lev 8.
Fathers and councils · 1
“Hence under the divine law the priest receives the shoulder for sacrifice, and this the right one and separate (Exod. xxix. 22); to signify that his action should be not only profitable, but even singular; and that he should not merely do what is right among bad men, but…” — the author cites it
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Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule II.3.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule II.3.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule II.3.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule II.3.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule II.3.