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13 Season all your grain offerings with salt to remind you of God’s eternal covenant. Never forget to add salt to your grain offerings.

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13 Season all your grain offerings with salt.(A) Do not leave the salt of the covenant(B) of your God out of your grain offerings; add salt to all your offerings.

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24 You are to present them to the Lord, and the priests are to sprinkle salt on them and offer them as a burnt offering to the Lord.

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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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Teaching about Salt and Light

13 “You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless.

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Salt and Light

13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.(A)

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Let your conversation be gracious and attractive[a] so that you will have the right response for everyone.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:6 Greek and seasoned with salt.

Let your conversation be always full of grace,(A) seasoned with salt,(B) so that you may know how to answer everyone.(C)

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Don’t you realize that the Lord, the God of Israel, made a lasting covenant[a] with David, giving him and his descendants the throne of Israel forever?

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Footnotes

  1. 13:5 Hebrew a covenant of salt.

Don’t you know that the Lord, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever(A) by a covenant of salt?(B)

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49 “For everyone will be tested with fire.[a] 50 Salt is good for seasoning. But if it loses its flavor, how do you make it salty again? You must have the qualities of salt among yourselves and live in peace with each other.”

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  1. 9:49 Greek salted with fire; other manuscripts add and every sacrifice will be salted with salt.

49 Everyone will be salted(A) with fire.

50 “Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again?(B) Have salt among yourselves,(C) and be at peace with each other.”(D)

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19 Yes, I am giving you all these holy offerings that the people of Israel bring to the Lord. They are for you and your sons and daughters, to be eaten as your permanent share. This is an eternal and unbreakable covenant[a] between the Lord and you, and it also applies to your descendants.”

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Footnotes

  1. 18:19 Hebrew a covenant of salt.

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.”

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22 You are to give him up to 7,500 pounds[a] of silver, 500 bushels[b] of wheat, 550 gallons of wine, 550 gallons of olive oil,[c] and an unlimited supply of salt.

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Footnotes

  1. 7:22a Aramaic 100 talents [3,400 kilograms].
  2. 7:22b Aramaic 100 cors [22 kiloliters].
  3. 7:22c Aramaic 100 baths [2.1 kiloliters] of wine, 100 baths of olive oil.

22 up to a hundred talents[a] of silver, a hundred cors[b] of wheat, a hundred baths[c] of wine, a hundred baths[d] of olive oil, and salt without limit.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 7:22 That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons
  2. Ezra 7:22 That is, probably about 18 tons or about 16 metric tons
  3. Ezra 7:22 That is, about 600 gallons or about 2,200 liters
  4. Ezra 7:22 That is, about 600 gallons or about 2,200 liters