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A basic commodity, used for seasoning and preserving food in biblical times.
Lev 2:13 See also Ex 30:34-35 The addition of salt to incense was probably to make it burn more easily and quickly; Ezr 6:6-10; Ezr 7:21-23; Eze 43:22-24
Nu 18:17-19 See also Lev 2:13; 2Ch 13:4-5
Mt 5:13 This teaching reflects the importance of salt as a preservative and seasoning. See also Mk 9:50; Lk 14:34-35
Zep 2:9 See also Dt 29:23-25; Job 39:5-6; Ps 107:33-34; Jer 17:5-8
Jer 48:8-9 See also Jdg 9:42-45
Jas 3:9-12 See also Eze 47:7-9
Salt used as a seasoning Job 6:6-7
Salt rubbed on newborn infants Eze 16:4
Mk 9:49 See also Ezr 4:14 The literal translation of the Hebrew phrase used here is “... we eat the salt of the palace ...”; Col 4:6
The Dead Sea Jos 12:3 The Dead Sea was known as “the Salt Sea” or “the Sea of the Arabah” in biblical times. See also Ge 14:3; Nu 34:3-4,10-12; Dt 3:16-17; Jos 3:15-16; Jos 15:2-3,5-6; Jos 18:19
The Valley of Salt 2Sa 8:13 See also 2Ki 14:7 pp 2Ch 25:11; 1Ch 18:12
The City of Salt Jos 15:62
1350 | covenant with Israel’s priests |
4293 | water |
4306 | minerals |
4466 | herbs and spices |
5546 | speech |
5655 | birth |
6130 | corruption |
7322 | burnt offering |
7368 | grain offering |
7386 | incense |
7435 | sacrifice, in OT |