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הראשון – בראש וברגל. הראש בימינו, וחוטמו כלפי זרועו, קרניו בין אצבעותיו, בית שחיטתו מלמעלן, והפדר נתון עליה. הרגל של ימין בשמאלו, ובית עורן לחוץ. השני – בשתי ידים, של ימין בימינו, ושל שמאל בשמאלו, ובית עורן לחוץ.
The first priest stood with the head and with the right hind leg of the animal. Since it was more significant, the head was in his right hand, and its nose was turned toward the priest’s arm. Its horns were between his fingers, and the place of its slaughter was above, and the fats were placed upon it, to conceal the bloody place of slaughter. The right hind leg was in his left hand, and the outer side of the leg, from which its hide was flayed, rather than the side on which the incision was made, was facing out. The second priest stood with the two forelegs. He held the right foreleg in his right hand and the left foreleg in his left hand, and the outer side of the leg, from which its hide was flayed, was facing out.
השלישי – בעוקץ וברגל. העוקץ בימינו, והאליה מדולדלת בין אצבעותיו, ואצבע הכבד ושתי כליות עמו. הרגל של שמאל בשמאלו, ובית עורן לחוץ. הרביעי – בחזה ובגרה. החזה בימינו והגרה בשמאלו, וצלעותיו בין שני אצבעותיו. החמישי – בשתי דפנות, של ימין בימינו, ושל שמאל בשמאלו, ובית עורן לחוץ. הששי – בקרבים הנתונים בבזך, וכרעים על גביהן מלמעלה.
The third priest stood with the haunch and the left hind leg. He held the haunch in his right hand, and the tail was hanging between his fingers, and the finger-like protrusion of the liver and the two kidneys were with it. He held the left hind leg in his left hand, and the outer side of the leg, from which its hide was flayed, was facing out. The 4th priest stood with the breast and with the cud, with the breast in his right hand and the cud in his left hand, and its two ribs were attached to the cud between his 2 fingers. The fifth priest stood with the two flanks; the right flank was in his right hand and the left flank in his left hand, and the outer side was facing out. The 6th priest stood with the innards, which were placed in a vessel, and the lower legs were placed atop them from above.