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Selected Verse: Numbers 18:19 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| Nu 18:19 |
Strong Concordance |
All the heave offerings [08641] of the holy things [06944], which the children [01121] of Israel [03478] offer [07311] unto the LORD [03068], have I given [05414] thee, and thy sons [01121] and thy daughters [01323] with thee, by a statute [02706] for ever [05769]: it is a covenant [01285] of salt [04417] for ever [05769] before [06440] the LORD [03068] unto thee and to thy seed [02233] with thee. |
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King James |
All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| it is a covenant of salt--that is, a perpetual ordinance. This figurative form of expression was evidently founded on the conservative property of salt, which keeps meat from corruption; and hence it became an emblem of inviolability and permanence. It is a common phrase among Oriental people, who consider the eating of salt a pledge of fidelity, binding them in a covenant of friendship. Hence the partaking of the altar meats, which were appropriated to the priests on condition of their services and of which salt formed a necessary accompaniment, was naturally called "a covenant of salt" (Lev 2:13). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| A covenant of salt - Compare the marginal reference. covenants were ordinarily cemented in the East by the rites of hospitality; of which salt was the obvious token, entering as it does into every article of diet. It indicates perpetuity: compare Lev 2:13 note. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| "All the holy heave-offerings" are not the thank-offerings (Knobel), but, as in Num 18:8, all the holy gifts enumerated in Num 18:9-18. Jehovah gives these to the priests as an eternal claim. "An eternal covenant of salt is this before Jehovah," for Aaron and his descendants. A "covenant of salt;" equivalent to an indissoluble covenant, or inviolable contract (see at Lev 2:13). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| A covenant of salt - A durable and perpetual covenant; so called here and Ch2 13:5, either, because salt is a sign of incorruption, as being of singular use to preserve things from corruption: or, because it is ratified on their part by salt, which is therefore called the salt of the covenant, for which the priests were obliged to take care, that it should never be lacking from any meat - offering, Lev 2:13. And this privilege conferred upon the priests is called a covenant because it is given them conditionally, upon condition of their service, and care about the worship of God. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| It is a covenant of salt - That is, an incorruptible, everlasting covenant. As salt was added to different kinds of viands, not only to give them a relish, but to preserve them from putrefaction and decay, it became the emblem of incorruptibility and permanence. Hence, a covenant of salt signified an everlasting covenant. We have already seen that, among the Asiatics, eating together was deemed a bond of perpetual friendship; and as salt was a common article in all their repasts, it may be in reference to this circumstance that a perpetual covenant is termed a covenant of salt; because the parties ate together of the sacrifice offered on the occasion, and the whole transaction was considered as a league of endless friendship. See the note on Lev 2:13. |
13 And every oblation [07133] of thy meat offering [04503] shalt thou season [04414] with salt [04417]; neither shalt thou suffer the salt [04417] of the covenant [01285] of thy God [0430] to be lacking [07673] from thy meat offering [04503]: with all thine offerings [07133] thou shalt offer [07126] salt [04417].
13 And every oblation [07133] of thy meat offering [04503] shalt thou season [04414] with salt [04417]; neither shalt thou suffer the salt [04417] of the covenant [01285] of thy God [0430] to be lacking [07673] from thy meat offering [04503]: with all thine offerings [07133] thou shalt offer [07126] salt [04417].
13 And every oblation [07133] of thy meat offering [04503] shalt thou season [04414] with salt [04417]; neither shalt thou suffer the salt [04417] of the covenant [01285] of thy God [0430] to be lacking [07673] from thy meat offering [04503]: with all thine offerings [07133] thou shalt offer [07126] salt [04417].
9 This shall be thine of the most [06944] holy things [06944], reserved from the fire [0784]: every oblation [07133] of theirs, every meat offering [04503] of theirs, and every sin offering [02403] of theirs, and every trespass offering [0817] of theirs, which they shall render [07725] unto me, shall be most [06944] holy [06944] for thee and for thy sons [01121].
10 In the most [06944] holy [06944] place shalt thou eat [0398] it; every male [02145] shall eat [0398] it: it shall be holy [06944] unto thee.
11 And this is thine; the heave offering [08641] of their gift [04976], with all the wave offerings [08573] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: I have given [05414] them unto thee, and to thy sons [01121] and to thy daughters [01323] with thee, by a statute [02706] for ever [05769]: every one that is clean [02889] in thy house [01004] shall eat [0398] of it.
12 All the best [02459] of the oil [03323], and all the best [02459] of the wine [08492], and of the wheat [01715], the firstfruits [07225] of them which they shall offer [05414] unto the LORD [03068], them have I given [05414] thee.
13 And whatsoever is first ripe [01061] in the land [0776], which they shall bring [0935] unto the LORD [03068], shall be thine; every one that is clean [02889] in thine house [01004] shall eat [0398] of it.
14 Every thing devoted [02764] in Israel [03478] shall be thine.
15 Every thing that openeth [06363] the matrix [07358] in all flesh [01320], which they bring [07126] unto the LORD [03068], whether it be of men [0120] or beasts [0929], shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn [01060] of man [0120] shalt thou surely [06299] redeem [06299], and the firstling [01060] of unclean [02931] beasts [0929] shalt thou redeem [06299].
16 And those that are to be redeemed [06299] from a month [02320] old [01121] shalt thou redeem [06299], according to thine estimation [06187], for the money [03701] of five [02568] shekels [08255], after the shekel [08255] of the sanctuary [06944], which is twenty [06242] gerahs [01626].
17 But the firstling [01060] of a cow [07794], or the firstling [01060] of a sheep [03775], or the firstling [01060] of a goat [05795], thou shalt not redeem [06299]; they are holy [06944]: thou shalt sprinkle [02236] their blood [01818] upon the altar [04196], and shalt burn [06999] their fat [02459] for an offering made by fire [0801], for a sweet [05207] savour [07381] unto the LORD [03068].
18 And the flesh [01320] of them shall be thine, as the wave [08573] breast [02373] and as the right [03225] shoulder [07785] are thine.
8 And the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Aaron [0175], Behold, I also have given [05414] thee the charge [04931] of mine heave offerings [08641] of all the hallowed things [06944] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478]; unto thee have I given [05414] them by reason of the anointing [04888], and to thy sons [01121], by an ordinance [02706] for ever [05769].
13 And every oblation [07133] of thy meat offering [04503] shalt thou season [04414] with salt [04417]; neither shalt thou suffer the salt [04417] of the covenant [01285] of thy God [0430] to be lacking [07673] from thy meat offering [04503]: with all thine offerings [07133] thou shalt offer [07126] salt [04417].
5 Ought ye not to know [03045] that the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] gave [05414] the kingdom [04467] over Israel [03478] to David [01732] for ever [05769], even to him and to his sons [01121] by a covenant [01285] of salt [04417]?
13 And every oblation [07133] of thy meat offering [04503] shalt thou season [04414] with salt [04417]; neither shalt thou suffer the salt [04417] of the covenant [01285] of thy God [0430] to be lacking [07673] from thy meat offering [04503]: with all thine offerings [07133] thou shalt offer [07126] salt [04417].