Covenant of salt
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Covenant of salt
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The phrase covenant of salt appears twice in the Hebrew Bible: In the Book of Numbers, God's priestly covenant with the Aaronic priesthood is said to be a covenant of salt. In the second book of Chronicles, God's covenant with the Davidic kings of Israel is also described as a covenant of salt. According to the New Oxford Annotated Bible, "of salt" most likely means that the covenant is "a perpetual covenant, because of the use of salt as a preservative". The commandments regarding grain offerin
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Arrangement in the Bible
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