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Genesis 47:22

רַק אַדְמַת הַ כֹּהֲנִים לֹא קָנָה כִּי חֹק לַ כֹּהֲנִים מֵ אֵת פַּרְעֹה וְ אָכְלוּ אֶת חֻקָּם אֲשֶׁר נָתַן לָהֶם פַּרְעֹה עַל כֵּן לֹא מָכְרוּ אֶת אַדְמָתָם

Only the red-one of the Priests he has not bought, for an inscription1331 is for the priests from אֶת-Pharaoh. And they have eaten אֶת-their inscriptions which Pharaoh has given to them, upon an upright they have not sold their red-one.


1331

Strong’s #2710, choq. Statute, inscription, decree, law. From root chaqaq (#2710) to cut-in, inscribe, decree. When something is inscribed/carved into stone or tablet, etc.