Do you not know that the Lord God of Israel gave the kingship over Israel forever to David and his sons by a covenant of salt?
Ezekiel 43:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 You shall present them before the Lord, and the priests shall throw salt on them and offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And you shall bring them near before the Lord, and the priests shall cast salt upon them and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering to the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) And thou shalt bring them near before Jehovah, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt-offering unto Jehovah. Common English Bible You will present them to the LORD. The priests will throw salt on them and offer them as entirely burned offerings to the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version And you shall offer them in the sight of the Lord. And the priests shall sprinkle salt over them, and they shall offer them as a holocaust to the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And thou shalt offer them in the sight of the Lord: and the priests shall put salt upon them, and shall offer them a holocaust to the Lord. |
Do you not know that the Lord God of Israel gave the kingship over Israel forever to David and his sons by a covenant of salt?
All your grain offerings you shall season with salt; you shall not omit from your grain offerings the salt of the covenant with your God; with all your offerings you shall offer salt.
All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the Lord I have given to you, together with your sons and daughters, as a perpetual due; it is a covenant of salt forever before the Lord for you and your descendants as well.”
“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything but is thrown out and trampled under foot.
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone.