Covenant of salt

Covenant of salt is a description of God's covenant used on three occasions in the Hebrew bible:

The commandments regarding grain offerings in the Book of Leviticus state "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."[1]

In the Book of Numbers, God's covenant with the Aaronic priesthood is said to be a covenant of salt.[2]

In the second book of Chronicles, God's covenant with the Davidic kings of Israel is also described as a covenant of salt.[3]

Salt is also used as a symbol of covenant-making in the Arabic expression 'there is salt between us' [4]

References

  1. ↑ Leviticus 2:13
  2. ↑ Numbers 18:19
  3. ↑ 2 Chronicles 13:5
  4. ↑ Bible Study Tools http://www.biblestudytools.com/encyclopedias/isbe/covenant-of-salt.html
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