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Do not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offerings; add salt to all your offerings. <a href="/nlt/leviticus/2.htm">New Living Translation</a> Season all your grain offerings with salt to remind you of God’s eternal covenant. Never forget to add salt to your grain offerings. <a href="/esv/leviticus/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> You shall season all your grain offerings with salt. You shall not let the salt of the covenant with your God be missing from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt. <a href="/bsb/leviticus/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> And you shall season each of your grain offerings with salt. You must not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offering; you are to add salt to each of your offerings. <a href="/kjv/leviticus/2.htm">King James Bible</a> And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt. <a href="/nkjv/leviticus/2.htm">New King James Version</a> And every offering of your grain offering you shall season with salt; you shall not allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your grain offering. With all your offerings you shall offer salt. <a href="/nasb_/leviticus/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Every grain offering of yours, moreover, you shall season with salt, so that the salt of the covenant of your God will not be lacking from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt. <a href="/nasb/leviticus/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8216Every grain offering of yours, moreover, you shall season with salt, so that the salt of the covenant of your God shall not be lacking from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt. <a href="/nasb77/leviticus/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘Every grain offering of yours, moreover, you shall season with salt, so that the salt of the covenant of your God shall not be lacking from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt. <a href="/lsb/leviticus/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Every grain offering of yours, moreover, you shall season with salt, so that the salt of the covenant of your God shall not be lacking from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall bring salt near. <a href="/amp/leviticus/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> You shall season every grain offering with salt so that the salt (preservation) of the covenant of your God will not be missing from your grain offering. You shall offer salt with all your offerings. <a href="/csb/leviticus/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> You are to season each of your grain offerings with salt; you must not omit from your grain offering the salt of the covenant with your God. You are to present salt with each of your offerings. <a href="/hcsb/leviticus/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> You are to season each of your grain offerings with salt; you must not omit from your grain offering the salt of the covenant with your God. You are to present salt with each of your offerings.&#8221 <a href="/asv/leviticus/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> And every oblation of thy meal-offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meal-offering: with all thine oblations thou shalt offer salt. <a href="/cev/leviticus/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Salt is offered when you make an agreement with me, so sprinkle salt on these sacrifices. <a href="/erv/leviticus/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> And every oblation of thy meal offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meal offering: with all thine oblations thou shalt offer salt. <a href="/gwt/leviticus/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Also put salt on each of your grain offerings. The salt of God's promise must never be left out of your grain offerings. Put salt on all your offerings. <a href="/gnt/leviticus/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> Put salt on every grain offering, because salt represents the covenant between you and God. (You must put salt on all your offerings.) <a href="/isv/leviticus/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Also, be sure to rub every offering from your grain offering with salt. You are not ever to remove the salt of the covenant of your God from your grain offering. Present all your offerings with salt." <a href="/msb/leviticus/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> And you shall season each of your grain offerings with salt. You must not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offering; you are to add salt to each of your offerings. <a href="/net/leviticus/2.htm">NET Bible</a> Moreover, you must season every one of your grain offerings with salt; you must not allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be missing from your grain offering--on every one of your grain offerings you must present salt. <a href="/nheb/leviticus/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Every offering of your meal offering you shall season with salt; neither shall you allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your meal offering. With all your offerings you shall offer salt. <a href="/wbt/leviticus/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And every oblation of thy meat-offering shalt thou season with salt: neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat-offering: with all thy offerings thou shalt offer salt. <a href="/web/leviticus/2.htm">World English Bible</a> Every offering of your meal offering you shall season with salt. You shall not allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your meal offering. With all your offerings you shall offer salt. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/leviticus/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And every offering—your present—you season with salt, and you do not let the salt of the covenant of your God cease from your present; you bring salt near with all your offerings. <a href="/ylt/leviticus/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And every offering -- thy present -- with salt thou dost season, and thou dost not let the salt of the covenant of thy God cease from thy present; with all thine offerings thou dost bring near salt. <a href="/slt/leviticus/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And every offering of thy gift, thou shalt salt with salt; and thou shalt not cause the salt of the covenant of thy God to cease from thy gift: upon every offering of thine thou shalt bring near salt.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/leviticus/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Whatsoever sacrifice thou offerest, thou shalt season it with salt, neither shalt thou take away the salt of the covenant of thy God from thy sacrifice. In all thy oblations thou shalt offer salt. <a href="/cpdv/leviticus/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Whatever sacrifice you will offer, you shall season it with salt; neither shall you take away the salt of the covenant of your God from your sacrifice. In all your oblations, you shall offer salt. <a href="/nabre/leviticus/2.htm">New American Bible</a> You shall season all your grain offerings with salt. Do not let the salt of the covenant with your God be lacking from your grain offering. On every offering you shall offer salt. <a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> You shall not omit from your grain offerings the salt of the covenant with your God; with all your offerings you shall offer salt.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And every offering of your meal offering you shall season with salt; neither shall you let the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your meal offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt. <a href="/hpbt/leviticus/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And you shall salt all gifts of your meal offering with salt and you shall not lack the salt of the covenant of your God from your meal offering; you shall bring salt on all your offerings.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/leviticus/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And every meal-offering of thine shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meal-offering; with all thy offerings thou shalt offer salt. <a href="/sep/leviticus/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And every gift of your sacrifice shall be seasoned with salt; omit not the salt of the covenant of the Lord from your sacrifices: on every gift of yours ye shall offer salt to the Lord your God. <a href="/parallel/leviticus/2-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=283" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/leviticus/2.htm">Laws for Grain Offerings</a> …12You may bring them to the LORD as an offering of firstfruits, but they are not to be offered on the altar as a pleasing aroma. 13<a href="/hebrew/4414.htm" title="4414: tim·lāḥ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To rub to pieces, pulverize, to disappear as dust, to salt.">And you shall season</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">each</a> <a href="/hebrew/7133.htm" title="7133: qā·rə·ban (N-msc) -- Or qurban; from qarab; something brought near the altar, i.e. A sacrificial present.">of your grain offerings</a> <a href="/hebrew/4503.htm" title="4503: min·ḥā·ṯə·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- From an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. Bestow; a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4417.htm" title="4417: bam·me·laḥ (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Salt. From malach; properly, powder, i.e. salt">with salt.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">You must not</a> <a href="/hebrew/7673.htm" title="7673: ṯaš·bîṯ (V-Hifil-Imperf-2ms) -- To repose, desist from exertion. A primitive root; to repose, i.e. Desist from exertion; used in many implied relations.">leave</a> <a href="/hebrew/4417.htm" title="4417: me·laḥ (N-msc) -- Salt. From malach; properly, powder, i.e. salt">the salt</a> <a href="/hebrew/1285.htm" title="1285: bə·rîṯ (N-fsc) -- A covenant. From barah (like bara'); a compact.">of the covenant</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of your God</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: mê·‘al (Prep-m) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">out of</a> <a href="/hebrew/4503.htm" title="4503: min·ḥā·ṯe·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- From an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. Bestow; a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering.">your grain offering;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7126.htm" title="7126: taq·rîḇ (V-Hifil-Imperf-2ms) -- To come near, approach. A primitive root; to approach for whatever purpose.">you are to add</a> <a href="/hebrew/4417.htm" title="4417: me·laḥ (N-ms) -- Salt. From malach; properly, powder, i.e. salt">salt</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">each</a> <a href="/hebrew/7133.htm" title="7133: qā·rə·bā·nə·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Or qurban; from qarab; something brought near the altar, i.e. A sacrificial present.">of your offerings.</a> 14If you bring a grain offering of firstfruits to the LORD, you shall offer crushed heads of new grain roasted on the fire.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/5-13.htm">Matthew 5:13</a> You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men. <a href="/mark/9-49.htm">Mark 9:49-50</a> For everyone will be salted with fire. / Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another.” <a href="/numbers/18-19.htm">Numbers 18:19</a> All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring.” <a href="/ezekiel/43-24.htm">Ezekiel 43:24</a> You must present them before the LORD; the priests are to sprinkle salt on them and sacrifice them as a burnt offering to the LORD. <a href="/2_chronicles/13-5.htm">2 Chronicles 13:5</a> Do you not know that the LORD, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt? <a href="/colossians/4-6.htm">Colossians 4:6</a> Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. <a href="/luke/14-34.htm">Luke 14:34-35</a> Salt is good, but if the salt loses its savor, with what will it be seasoned? / It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile, and it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” <a href="/exodus/30-35.htm">Exodus 30:35</a> and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy. <a href="/numbers/18-19.htm">Numbers 18:19</a> All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring.” <a href="/ezra/6-9.htm">Ezra 6:9</a> Whatever is needed—young bulls, rams, and lambs for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, as well as wheat, salt, wine, and oil, as requested by the priests in Jerusalem—must be given to them daily without fail. <a href="/job/6-6.htm">Job 6:6</a> Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg? <a href="/genesis/19-26.htm">Genesis 19:26</a> But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. <a href="/2_kings/2-20.htm">2 Kings 2:20-21</a> “Bring me a new bowl,” he replied, “and put some salt in it.” So they brought it to him, / and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.’” <a href="/jeremiah/33-20.htm">Jeremiah 33:20-21</a> “This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time, / then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant and with My ministers the Levites who are priests, so that David will not have a son to reign on his throne. <a href="/romans/12-1.htm">Romans 12:1</a> Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And every oblation of your meat offering shall you season with salt; neither shall you suffer the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your meat offering: with all your offerings you shall offer salt.with salt<a href="/ezra/7-22.htm">Ezra 7:22</a> Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.<a href="/ezekiel/43-24.htm">Ezekiel 43:24</a> And thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto the LORD.<a href="/matthew/5-13.htm">Matthew 5:13</a> Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.the salt<a href="/numbers/18-19.htm">Numbers 18:19</a> All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.<a href="/2_chronicles/13-5.htm">2 Chronicles 13:5</a> Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?with all thine<a href="/ezekiel/43-24.htm">Ezekiel 43:24</a> And thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto the LORD.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/10-29.htm">Add</a> <a href="/exodus/34-27.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/exodus/22-18.htm">Allow</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-11.htm">Cereal</a> <a href="/exodus/34-28.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-11.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/genesis/8-5.htm">Lacking</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-11.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-11.htm">Meal-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-11.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-11.htm">Meat-Offering</a> <a href="/exodus/40-5.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-12.htm">Oblation</a> <a href="/amos/5-25.htm">Oblations</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-12.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-12.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-10.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/exodus/30-35.htm">Salt</a> <a href="/exodus/30-35.htm">Salted</a> <a href="/exodus/34-21.htm">Season</a> <a href="/exodus/22-18.htm">Suffer</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/5-16.htm">Add</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-10.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/numbers/20-21.htm">Allow</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-14.htm">Cereal</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-8.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-14.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-28.htm">Lacking</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-14.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-14.htm">Meal-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-14.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-14.htm">Meat-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/3-12.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-14.htm">Oblation</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-38.htm">Oblations</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-14.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-14.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/3-1.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/numbers/18-19.htm">Salt</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-24.htm">Salted</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-4.htm">Season</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-17.htm">Suffer</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 2</div>1. <a href="/leviticus/2-1.htm">The meat offering with oil and incense</a> 4. <a href="/leviticus/2-4.htm">either baked in the oven</a> 5. <a href="/leviticus/2-5.htm">or on a plate</a> 7. <a href="/leviticus/2-7.htm">or in a frying pan</a> 12. <a href="/leviticus/2-12.htm">The first fruits not to be burnt on the altar,</a> 13. <a href="/leviticus/2-13.htm">Salt to be used with every offering</a> 14. <a href="/leviticus/2-14.htm">The offering of first fruits</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/leviticus/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>And you shall season each of your grain offerings with salt. Salt in the ancient Near East was a valuable commodity, often used for preservation and purification. In the context of Leviticus, salt symbolizes the enduring nature of God's covenant with His people. The grain offering, or "minchah," was a voluntary act of worship, expressing gratitude and dedication to God. By adding salt, the Israelites were reminded of the perpetual covenant with God, emphasizing the need for purity and preservation in their relationship with Him. This practice also foreshadows the teachings of Jesus, who referred to His followers as "the salt of the earth" (<a href="/matthew/5-13.htm">Matthew 5:13</a>), highlighting their role in preserving and purifying the world.You must not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offering; The "salt of the covenant" signifies the binding and enduring nature of God's promises. In ancient times, salt was often used in treaties and agreements to symbolize loyalty and permanence. This phrase underscores the importance of faithfulness to God's covenant, reminding the Israelites of their unique relationship with Him. The covenantal aspect of salt is echoed in <a href="/2_chronicles/13-5.htm">2 Chronicles 13:5</a>, where it is mentioned in the context of God's covenant with David. This enduring covenant is ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who established a new covenant through His sacrifice (<a href="/hebrews/9-15.htm">Hebrews 9:15</a>).you are to add salt to each of your offerings. The repetition of the command to add salt to offerings highlights its significance in worship. Salt's preservative qualities symbolize the lasting nature of the worshiper's commitment to God. This practice served as a constant reminder of the need for sincerity and integrity in worship. The inclusion of salt in every offering points to the comprehensive nature of God's covenant, encompassing all aspects of life and worship. This principle is reflected in the New Testament, where believers are called to offer their lives as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God (<a href="/romans/12.htm">Romans 12:1</a>), maintaining the purity and integrity symbolized by salt.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> - The author of Leviticus, who received the laws and instructions from God to give to the Israelites. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> - The recipients of the laws, who were to follow these instructions as part of their covenant relationship with God. 3. <a href="/topical/g/grain_offering.htm">Grain Offering</a> - A type of offering made to God, consisting of fine flour, oil, and frankincense, symbolizing dedication and thanksgiving. 4. <a href="/topical/s/salt.htm">Salt</a> - A crucial element in the offerings, symbolizing preservation, purity, and the enduring nature of the covenant with God. 5. <a href="/topical/c/covenant.htm">Covenant</a> - The sacred agreement between God and the Israelites, of which the salt is a symbol, representing its perpetual and unbreakable nature.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_salt.htm">Symbolism of Salt</a> Salt in the grain offering symbolizes the enduring and preserving nature of God's covenant with His people. It reminds believers of the importance of faithfulness and purity in their relationship with God. <a href="/topical/c/covenant_faithfulness.htm">Covenant Faithfulness</a> The inclusion of salt in offerings underscores the seriousness of the covenant. Believers are called to uphold their commitments to God with integrity and dedication. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_preservation.htm">Spiritual Preservation</a> Just as salt preserves food, believers are to act as preservers of God's truth and righteousness in the world, maintaining their distinctiveness and influence. <a href="/topical/h/holiness_in_worship.htm">Holiness in Worship</a> The command to include salt in offerings highlights the need for holiness and reverence in worship. Believers should approach God with sincere hearts and pure intentions. <a href="/topical/p/practical_application_of_salt.htm">Practical Application of Salt</a> In daily life, Christians are encouraged to be "salt" in their communities, influencing others positively and upholding the values of the Kingdom of God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 2</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'seasoned_with_salt'_mean.htm">What does "seasoned with salt" mean?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_be_salt_and_light_in_the_world.htm">How can you be salt and light in the world?</a> <a href="/q/mark_9_49-50__evidence_for_'salted_with_fire'.htm">Mark 9:49–50 – What historical or cultural evidence supports the puzzling concept of everyone being “salted with fire”?</a> <a href="/q/what's_the_purpose_of_a_grain_offering.htm">What is the purpose of a grain offering?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) And every oblation.--But salt, which is the contrary to leaven, and which preserves from putrefaction and corruption, was to be an ingredient, not only of bloodless, but of all animal sacrifices (<a href="/ezekiel/43-24.htm" title="And you shall offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt on them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering to the LORD.">Ezekiel 43:24</a>).The salt of the covenant of thy God.--From its antiseptic and savoury qualities, salt became the symbol of hospitality, friendship, durability, fidelity. "To eat bread and salt together" is, in the East, an expression for a league of mutual amity (Russell, Aleppo, i. 232). When the Arabs make a covenant together, they put salt on the blade of a sword, from whence every one puts a little into his mouth. This constitutes them blood relations, and they remain faithful to each other even when in danger of life (Ritter, Erd. 14:960). Hence the expression "a covenant of salt," which also occurs in <a href="/numbers/18-19.htm" title="All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to the LORD, have I given you, and your sons and your daughters with you, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD to you and to your seed with you.">Numbers 18:19</a>, and <a href="/2_chronicles/13-5.htm" title="Ought you not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?">2Chronicles 13:5</a>, denotes an indissoluble alliance, an everlasting covenant. Hence, too, the phrase "salted with the salt of the palace" (<a href="/ezra/4-14.htm" title="Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore have we sent and certified the king;">Ezra 4:14</a>) means bound by sacred obligations of fidelity to the king.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 13. - Every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt. Salt is commanded as symbolizing in things spiritual, because preserving in things physical, incorruption (cf. <a href="/matthew/5-13.htm">Matthew 5:13</a>; <a href="/mark/9-49.htm">Mark 9:49</a>; <a href="/luke/14-34.htm">Luke 14:34</a>; <a href="/colossians/4-6.htm">Colossians 4:6</a>). It is an emblem of an established and enduring covenant, such as God's covenant with his people, which is never to wax old and be destroyed, and it is therefore termed the salt of the covenant of thy God. Hence "a covenant of salt" came to mean a covenant that should not be broken (<a href="/numbers/18-19.htm">Numbers 18:19</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/13-5.htm">2 Chronicles 13:5</a>). The use of salt is not confined to the meat offering. With all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt. Accordingly we find in <a href="/ezekiel/43-24.htm">Ezekiel 43:24</a>, "The priest shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering." <a href="/commentaries/leviticus/2-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>And you shall season תִּמְלָח֒ (tim·lāḥ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4414.htm">Strong's 4414: </a> To rub to pieces, pulverize, to disappear as dust, to salt each וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every of your grain offerings קָרְבַּ֣ן (qā·rə·ban) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7133.htm">Strong's 7133: </a> Something brought near the altar, a sacrificial present with salt; בַּמֶּ֣לַח (bam·me·laḥ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4417.htm">Strong's 4417: </a> Powder, salt you must not וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no leave תַשְׁבִּ֗ית (ṯaš·bîṯ) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7673.htm">Strong's 7673: </a> To repose, desist from exertion the salt מֶ֚לַח (me·laḥ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4417.htm">Strong's 4417: </a> Powder, salt of the covenant בְּרִ֣ית (bə·rîṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1285.htm">Strong's 1285: </a> A covenant of your God אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative out of מֵעַ֖ל (mê·‘al) Preposition-m <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against your grain offering— מִנְחָתֶ֑ךָ (min·ḥā·ṯe·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4503.htm">Strong's 4503: </a> A donation, tribute, a sacrificial offering you are to add תַּקְרִ֥יב (taq·rîḇ) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7126.htm">Strong's 7126: </a> To come near, approach salt מֶֽלַח׃ (me·laḥ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4417.htm">Strong's 4417: </a> Powder, salt to עַ֥ל (‘al) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against each כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every of your offerings. קָרְבָּנְךָ֖ (qā·rə·bā·nə·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7133.htm">Strong's 7133: </a> Something brought near the altar, a sacrificial present <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/2-13.htm">Leviticus 2:13 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/leviticus/2-13.htm">Leviticus 2:13 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/leviticus/2-13.htm">Leviticus 2:13 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/leviticus/2-13.htm">Leviticus 2:13 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/leviticus/2-13.htm">Leviticus 2:13 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/2-13.htm">Leviticus 2:13 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/2-13.htm">Leviticus 2:13 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/2-13.htm">Leviticus 2:13 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/2-13.htm">Leviticus 2:13 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/leviticus/2-13.htm">Leviticus 2:13 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-13.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 2:13 Every offering of your meal offering you (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/2-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 2:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 2:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/2-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 2:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 2:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>