Numbers 18:19
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19 As a perpetual due I assign to you and to your sons and daughters with you all the contributions of holy things which the Israelites set aside for the Lord; this is a covenant of salt[a] to last forever before the Lord, for you and for your descendants with you.
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- 18:19 A covenant of salt: cf. 2 Chr 13:5. The reference may perhaps be to the preservative power of salt (cf. Mt 5:13); but more likely the phrase refers to the custom of eating salt together to render a contract unbreakable. See note on Lv 2:13.
Numbers 18:19
New International Version
19 Whatever is set aside from the holy(A) offerings the Israelites present to the Lord I give to you and your sons and daughters as your perpetual share. It is an everlasting covenant of salt(B) before the Lord for both you and your offspring.”
Ezra 6:9
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9 Whatever else is required—young bulls, rams, and lambs for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the requirements of the priests who are in Jerusalem—let that be delivered to them day by day without fail,
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Ezra 6:9
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9 Whatever is needed—young bulls, rams, male lambs for burnt offerings(A) to the God of heaven, and wheat, salt, wine and olive oil, as requested by the priests in Jerusalem—must be given them daily without fail,
Ezra 7:22
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22 within these limits: silver, one hundred talents; wheat, one hundred kors;[a] wine, one hundred baths; oil, one hundred baths; salt, without limit.
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Ezra 7:22
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Ezekiel 43:24
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24 and present them before the Lord. The priests shall throw salt on them and sacrifice them as burnt offerings to the Lord.
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Ezekiel 43:24
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24 You are to offer them before the Lord, and the priests are to sprinkle salt(A) on them and sacrifice them as a burnt offering to the Lord.
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