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1 | Covenant of Salt | OT general | skccab | 195813 | ||
Shalom y'all again, I know it seems like I'm all over the place but I'm not really. I'm doing a study in Matthew chapter 5. My question now is where is the original covenant of salt found? Mt. 5:13 takes me to 2 Chron. 13:5 and that takes me to Num. 18:19 where the covenant of salt is mentioned as having been made. But all other references stay in the Gospels and Apostolic Writings (Num. 18:19 takes me back forward to 2 Chron 13:5). Anyone know? :-) Cheri |
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2 | Covenant of Salt | OT general | DocTrinsograce | 195814 | ||
Hi, Cheri... There are only three references: Leviticus 2:13, Numbers 18:19; and 2 Chronicles 13:5. In Him, Doc |
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3 | Covenant of Salt | OT general | skccab | 195815 | ||
Thanks Doc, I thought maybe my Bible was just lacking some references. Glad to know that isn't it. It sounds like Num. 18:19 is speaking of a specific covenant that was made using salt and I was trying to find what the covenant is. I guess that's one of the Deut. 29:29 things :-). Shalom Cheri |
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4 | Covenant of Salt | OT general | stjohn | 195838 | ||
Hi Cheri, Here is some commentary on the covenant of salt. I thought you may be interested. When we learn the customs and habits of the times and places, it sheds a good deal of light, doesn't it. I found this study quite interesting, in fact, I was surprised to find so much written on it, and there is much more. :-) Commentary on Lev, Matthew Henry " Salt is required in all their offerings, v. 13. The altar was the table of the Lord; and therefore, salt being always set on our tables, God would have it always used at his. It is called the salt of the covenant, because, as men confirmed their covenants with each other by eating and drinking together, at all which collations salt was used, so God, by accepting his people's gifts and feasting them upon his sacrifices, supping with them and they with him (Rev. iii. 20), did confirm his covenant with them. Among the ancients salt was a symbol of friendship. The salt for the sacrifice was not brought by the offerers, but was provided at the public charge, as the wood was, Ezra vii. 20-22. And there was a chamber in the court of the temple called the chamber of salt, in which they laid it up. Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? God would hereby intimate to them that their sacrifices in themselves were unsavoury. The saints, who are living sacrifices to God, must have salt in themselves, for every sacrifice must be salted with salt (Mark ix. 49, 50), and our speech must be always with grace (Col. iv. 6), so must all our religious performances be seasoned with that salt. Christianity is the salt of the earth." M.H. Commentary; John Wesley "v13. Salt - To signify that incorruption of mind, and sincerity of grace, which in scripture is signified by salt, Mark ix, 49, Colossians iv, 6, and which is necessary in all them that would offer an acceptable offering to God. Or in testimony of that communion which they had with God in these exercises of worship; salt being the great symbol of friendship in all nations is called, either, 1. because it represented the perpetuity of God's covenant with them, which is designed by salt, Num. xviii, 19, 2 Chron. xiii, 5. Or, 2. because it was so particularly required as a condition of their covenant with God; this being made absolutely necessary in all their offerings; and as the neglect of sacrifices was a breach of covenant on their part, so also was the neglect of salt in their sacrifices." J.W. Commentary by Robert Jamieson, "it is a covenant of salt—that is, a perpetual ordinance. This figurative form of expression was evidently founded on the conservative property of salt, which keeps meat from corruption; and hence it became an emblem of inviolability and permanence. It is a common phrase among Oriental people, who consider the eating of salt a pledge of fidelity, binding them in a covenant of friendship. Hence the partaking of the altar meats, which were appropriated to the priests on condition of their services and of which salt formed a necessary accompaniment, was naturally called "a covenant of salt" (Le 2:13)." R.J. God bless John |
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5 | Covenant of Salt | OT general | skccab | 195843 | ||
Thank you so much John, That was very interesting. It explains much - and reveals that it wasn't a single particular covenant of salt. I had put the two statements together in error. I appreciate the help!! Cheri |
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