The Covenant of Salt / As Based on the Significance and Symbolism of Salt in Primitive Thought

by H. Clay Trumbull

[121] Matt. 10 : 8.

[122] Matt. 5 : 13, 14.

[123] John 1 : 4.

[124] See Chap. X., infra.

[125] See Blood Covenant, pp. 182-190; 268 f.; 350-355.

[126] Exod. 3 : 8, 17; 13 : 5; 33 : 3.

[127] Lev. 20 : 24; Num. 13 : 27; 14 : 8; 16 : 13, 14; Deut. 6 : 3; 11 : 9; 26 : 9, 15; 27 : 3; 31 : 20; Josh. 5 : 6; Jer. 11 : 5; 32 : 22; Ezek. 20 : 6, 15.

[128] Tertullian. De Coron., v. 3, adv. Prox. XXVI., de Bapt. vii. and viii., cited in Blunt's Annotated Book of Common Prayer, p. 209.

[129] Lev. 2 : 13. See also Ezek. 43 : 21-24.

[130] Mark 9 : 49. These words are by some critics counted a gloss; yet the fact as a fact, with reference to salt in sacrifices, is undisputed.