[201] Psa. 41 : 9; John 13 : 18.
[202] The Bedouins or Arabs of the Desert, Part II., p. 59; quoted in Burder's Oriental Customs, 2d ed., p. 72.
[203] Rev. Dr. Marcus Jastrow refers to this in an article on "The Symbolical Meaning of Salt," in The Sunday School Times for April 28, 1894.
[204] It has indeed been questioned whether the overturned salt-cellar in Da Vinci's picture, as shown in many an engraving of it, was in the original painting, as it is not to be seen there now. But it would seem clear that the copy of this painting by Da Vinci's pupil, Marco d'Oggoni, in the Brera, shows the overturned salt-cellar, while the original painting has had several retouchings and renovations. (See Notes and Queries, 6th Series, Vol. X., p. 92 f.)
[205] Thistleton Dyer's Domestic Folk-Lore, p. 104.
[206] Gen. 17 : 14; Deut. 17 : 2-7; Josh. 7 : 11-15; Judg. 2 : 20-23; 2 Kings 18 : 11, 12; Psa. 55 : 19-21; Isa. 24 : 5, 6; Jer. 11 : 9-11; 34 : 17-20; Hosea 6 : 4-7; 8 : 1.
[207] Rom. 1 : 31.
[208] Blood Covenant, pp. 5-86; Threshold Covenant, pp. 193-202.
[209] Gen. 4 : 2-5; Blood Covenant, pp. 134-136.
[210] Gen. 49 : 11; Deut. 32 : 14; Eccles. 39 : 26; 50 : 15; 1 Macc. 6 : 34; Blood Covenant, p. 191.