על החוקים לפרטיהם, ספר א מ״זOn the Special Laws, Book I 47
א׳
1[255] These rules apply to the laity in common, but the priests also had to make offerings of first-fruits to the altar, and not suppose that the services and ministrations to which they were appointed entitled them to immunity. The first-fruits suitable for the priest are not taken from any animal with blood in its veins, but from the purest form of human food.
ב׳
2[256] Fine flour constitutes their perpetual sacrifice, a tenth part of the sacred measure for every day, half offered in the morning and half in the evening. It is fried in oil and none of it is left over to be eaten. For it is a divine command that every sacrifice offered by a priest should be wholly consumed by fire and none of it set apart for food.
ג׳
3We have described to the best of our ability the regulations for sacrifices and will next proceed to speak of those who offer them.