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Numbers 18:19

NUMBERS—NOTE ON Numbers 18:19 Covenant of salt forever indicates a permanent and unbreakable agreement (compare 2 Chronicles 13:5). The salt’s significance may be as a preservative or as a seasoning of food. It points to a shared meal between two parties, symbolic of their friendship and the binding nature of their covenant.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Numbers 18:19. _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 the...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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 art...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    8. PRIESTHOOD AND INIQUITY AND THE RECOMPENSE OF THE PRIESTHOOD CHAPTER 18 _ 1. The iniquity borne by the priesthood (Numbers 18:1)_ 2. The recompense of the priests (Numbers 18:8) 3. The inherita...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE DUES TO BE RECEIVED BY THE PRIESTS FROM THE PEOPLE. These embrace all those portions of the things offered unto the Lord which are not required to be burnt; and in detail are (_a)_ the meal offeri...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    OFFER. heave up as. heave offering. See note on Exodus 29:27. COVENANT OF SALT. Hebrew covenant. _berith,_ from _barah. to cut_. hence, _to eat._ As salt was scarce and precious. and used with all eat...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _a covenant of salt_ In primitive days the eating of salt, or of the smallest portion of food belonging to another man, constituted a sacred bond of friendship. So the expression denotes -a covenant w...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _The priests" dues_. These are as follows: (_a_) All meal-, sin-, and guilt-offerings, with the exception of those parts which are burnt on the altar, i.e. given to God. These may be eaten by any _mal...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    IT IS A COVENANT OF SALT— That is, a _perpetual covenant,_ or one which should last as long as that dispensation should last; see Leviticus 2:13. The reason of this mode of expression seems to arise f...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    G. LEVITICAL DUTIES AND THEIR EMOLUMENTS (NUMBERS 18) TEXT Numbers 18:1. And the Lord said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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 S...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    18:19 offer (d-13) Lit. 'heave.' so all through this passage to ver. 29, as ch. 15.19....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE DUTIES AND MAINTENANCE OF PRIESTS AND LÉVITES I. The priests are responsible for the iniquity of the sanctuary and the priesthood, i.e. for their profanation at any time by unauthorised persons a...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    COVENANT OF SALT] i.e. an indissoluble covenant: see on Exodus 30:35. 20-24. The priests and Levites have no inheritance in the land of promise. By way of compensation the tithes are given to the Lev...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 18 THE DUTIES OF THE PRIESTS AND THE MEN FROM LEVI’S *TRIBE – NUMBERS 18:1-7 V1 The *LORD spoke to Aaron. He s

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    IT IS A COVENANT OF SALT. — _i.e.,_ an indissoluble covenant. (See Leviticus 2:13, and Note; also 2 Chronicles 13:5.) Hence the phrases used by the Greeks to denote the breach of a covenant, “Where is...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כֹּ֣ל ׀ תְּרוּמֹ֣ת הַ קֳּדָשִׁ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָרִ֥ימוּ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    TITHES AND CLEANSINGS Numbers 18:1; Numbers 19:1 1. DUTIES AND SUPPORT OF THE MINISTRY The statutes of chapter 18, are related to the rebellion of Korah by a clause in Numbers 18:5, "Ye shall keep...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Once more we find a repetition of sundry laws which had a direct bearing on the events recorded, and the reason is explicitly stated in the words, "That there be wrath no more upon the children of Isr...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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 (k)...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    A covenant of salt. It is a proverbial expression, signifying a covenant not to be altered or corrupted; as salt is used to keep things from corruption; a covenant perpetual, like that by which it was...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I have thrown all these verses together, because one general remark will be found applicable to all. And the observation that seems to meet us, in the perusal of what is here said concerning the provi...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The previous portion of the Book of Numbers, viewed as a history, has evidently a prefatory character, however important and divinely wise. It is in a great measure preparatory for that which we have...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 17 THROUGH 18. From chapter 17 to 20 this subject is set forth with the circumstances relative to it. First, the authority of Aaron is established by signs sh...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    ALL THE HEAVE OFFERINGS OF THE HOLY THINGS,.... All before mentioned, and whatsoever comes under that name: WHICH THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL OFFER UNTO THE LORD; either by his commandment, or of their ow...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A covenant of salt_ A durable and perpetual covenant; so called here, and 2 Chronicles 13:5, either because salt is of singular use to preserve things from corruption, and was an emblem of friendship...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The charge of the Priests and Leuites. 9 The Priests portion. 21 The Leuites portion. 25 The heaue offering to the Priests out of the Leuites portion. 1 AND the LORD sayd vnto Aaron, Thou and th...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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 forever; it is a covenant of salt...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Priests' Share of the Sacrifices...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SERVICE OF PRIESTS AND LEVITES (vs.1-7) God now impresses on Aaron the seriousness of the priestly service to which he and his sons were separated. They were to bear the iniquity of the sanctuary...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    8-19 All believers are spiritual priests, and God has promised to take care of them. Godliness has the promise of the life that now is. And from the provision here made for the priests, the apostle s...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    A COVENANT OF SALT, i.e. a durable and perpetual covenant; so called here and 2 CHRONICLES 13:5, either because salt is a sign of incorruption, as being of singular use to preserve things from corrupt...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Numbers 18:19 offerings H8641 things H6944 children H1121 Israel H3478 offer H7311 (H8686) LORD H3068 given H5414

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Regulations concerning maintenance of the priests. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron. CONCLUSION: We are to value as a great gift of divine bounty those called to be serviceable to us in the w...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Numbers 18:1. _Thou and thy sons shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary._ You, and you only, shall be responsible for all breaches and errors in the holy pavilion: the levites might assist in labour...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES In this chapter we have the answer of the Lord to the cry of the people recorded at the close of the preceding chapter. And after the confirmation of the priesthood of A...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION STATUS AND REVENUES OF PRIESTS AND LEVITES (Numbers 18:1). NUMBERS 18:1 THE LORD SPAKE UNTO AARON. This clear and comprehensive

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    In chapter eighteen God said in verse six, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given a gift to the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of t...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Chronicles 13:5; 2 Chronicles 31:4; Deuteronomy 12:6; Leviticus 2:13;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    A covenant of salt — A durable and perpetual covenant; so called here and 2 Chronicles 13:5, either, because salt is a sign of incorruption, as being of singular use to preserve things from corruption...

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