Levitico 2:13

13 E sala ogni tua offerta di panatica con sale; e non lasciar venir meno il sale del patto del Signore d’in su le tue offerte; offerisci del sale sopra ogni tua offerta.

Levitico 2:13 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 2:13

And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season
with salt
Which makes food savoury, and preserves from putrefaction; denoting the savouriness and acceptableness of Christ as a meat offering to his people, he being savoury food, such as their souls love, as well as to God the Father, who is well pleased with his sacrifice; and also the perpetuity of his sacrifice, which always has the same virtue in it, and of him as a meat offering, who is that meat which endures to everlasting life, ( John 6:27 ) and also the grave and gracious conversation of those that by faith feed upon him, ( Mark 9:50 ) ( Colossians 4:6 )

neither shall thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be
lacking from thy meat offering;
this seems to suggest the reason why salt was used in meat offerings, and in all others, because it was a symbol of the perpetuity of the covenant, which from thence is called a covenant of salt, ( Numbers 18:19 ) namely, the covenant of the priesthood, to which these sacrifices belonged, ( Numbers 25:13 ) hence the Targum of Jonathan,

``because the twenty four gifts of the priests are decreed by the covenant of salt, therefore upon all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt:''

with all thine offerings thou shall offer salt,
even those that were not to be eaten, as well as those that were; as the burnt offering of the herd, of the flock, and of fowls, and their several parts; all were obliged to be salted that were offered, excepting wine, blood, wood, and incense ^F24; hence there was a room in the temple where salt was laid up for this purpose, called (xlm tkvl) , "the salt room" ^F25; and which was provided by the congregation, and not by a private person {z}; our Lord has reference to this law in ( Mark 9:49 ) the Heathens always made use of salt in their sacrifices ^F1.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Maimon. Issure Mizbeach, c. 5. sect. 11.
F25 Misn. Middot, c. 5. sect. 2.
F26 Maimon. Issure Mizbeach, c. 5. sect. 13.
F1 Ante Deos Homini Ovid. Fastor. l. 1. Vid. Horat. Carmin. l. 3. Ode 23.

Levitico 2:13 In-Context

11 Niuna offerta di panatica, che voi offerirete al Signore, non facciasi con lievito; perciocchè voi non dovete fare ardere alcun lievito, nè alcun miele, in offerta fatta per fuoco al Signore.

12 Ben potrete offerir quelle cose per offerta di primizie al Signore; ma non sieno poste in su l’Altare, per odor soave.

13 E sala ogni tua offerta di panatica con sale; e non lasciar venir meno il sale del patto del Signore d’in su le tue offerte; offerisci del sale sopra ogni tua offerta.

14 E se tu offerisci al Signore offerta di primizie di panatica, offerisci spighe fresche arrostite al fuoco; granelli sfregolati di fior di frumento, per offerta delle tue primizie.

15 E spandi sopra essa dell’olio e dell’incenso; ella è offerta di panatica.