Midrash for Chullin 259:1
מתני׳ <big><strong>הזרוע</strong></big> והלחיים והקבה נוהגין בארץ ובחוצה לארץ בפני הבית ושלא בפני הבית בחולין אבל לא במוקדשין
<big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>THE LAW OF THE SHOULDER AND THE TWO CHEEKS AND THE MAW<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XVIII, 3: And this shall be the priests' due from the people, from them that slaughter a slaughtering whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give unto the priest the shoulder and the two cheeks and the maw.');"><sup>1</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
(Devarim 18:3) "And this shall be the judgment of the Cohanim": We are hereby taught that the priestly gifts (shoulder, cheeks, and maw) are "law" (to the end of extracting them by court order from a thief who stole them from a Cohein who had acquired them from hefker [ownerless property]).
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