Salt

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. (Mat. 5:13)

Salt is something that many of us use regularly, primarily to flavor food, but it had a much larger purpose in ancient times. One might wonder if the salt mentioned in the Bible was the same thing that we think of when we think of salt today. It seems to be the exact same thing, and there is no evidence that would suggest otherwise. In biblical times, salt was a mineral that was used in many cultures as a component of sacrificial offerings, a seasoning, a preservative, a disinfectant, and as a unit of exchange. The largest source of salt was the Dead Sea. People in many cases would filter it out of the water.

There are several examples in the Old Testament of salt used in sacrificial offerings:

And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt. (Lev. 2:13)

And thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto the LORD. (Eze. 43:24)

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Andy Daniel

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