Leviticus 2:14

"Every offering of your meal offering you shall season with salt. You shall not allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your meal offering. With all your offerings you shall offer salt."

Key Reflection

In Leviticus 2:13, the inclusion of salt in meal offerings symbolizes the permanence and covenant nature of these sacrifices, reminding the Israelites that their relationship with God is steadfast and unchanging, much like the essential role of salt in preserving food. This practice underscores the importance of maintaining this covenantal commitment in all religious offerings.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Green ears of corn -Rather, “fresh ears of corn;” that is, just-ripe grain, freshly gathered. Parched grain, such as is here spoken of, is a common article of food in Syria and Egypt, and was very generally eaten in ancient times. Beaten out -Not rubbed out by the hands, as described inLuke 6:1, but bruised or crushed so as to form groats.

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