Don’t you know that the Lord God of Israel gave the kingship over Israel to David and his descendants for ever by a covenant of salt?
Leviticus 2:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Every cereal offering you shall season with salt [symbol of preservation]; neither shall you allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your cereal offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt. [Mark 9:49, 50.] American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible You must season all your grain offerings with salt. Do not omit the salt of your God’s covenant from your grain offering. You must offer salt with all your offerings. Catholic Public Domain Version 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
Don’t you know that the Lord God of Israel gave the kingship over Israel to David and his descendants for ever by a covenant of salt?
up to 3.5 tonnes of silver, 22,000 litres of wheat, 2,200 litres of wine, 2,200 litres of oil, and salt without limit.
Prepare expertly blended incense from these; it is to be seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
You are to present them before the Lord; the priests will throw salt on them and sacrifice them as a burnt offering to the Lord.
‘I give to you and to your sons and daughters all the holy contributions that the Israelites present to the Lord as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the Lord for you as well as your offspring.’
‘You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty? It’s no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer each person.