Ezekiel 43:24

You must present them before the LORD; the priests are to sprinkle salt on them and sacrifice them as a burnt offering to the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The Lord addresses Ezekiel after the altar’s purification, commanding the presentation of the young bull and ram for consecration.

The words — מֶלַח (Me.lach) means salt, and וְ/הִשְׁלִ֨יכוּ (ve./hish.Li.khu) means they will throw or sprinkle, describing the priests’ physical act upon the sacrifice.

The thread — This ritual salt use echoes the covenant requirement in Numbers 18:19 and the grain offering mandate in Leviticus 2:13, while the New Testament extends the salt motif to spiritual preservation in Mark 9:49.

Why it lands — The text demands that worshippers consecrate their offerings with salt before presenting them to God, requiring strict adherence to prescribed ritual purity.

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The Hebrew words

וְהִקְרַבְתָּ֖םve./hik.rav.Ta/mand/ you will bring near/ them לִפְנֵ֣יli/f.Nei<to>/ before יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahweh וְהִשְׁלִ֨יכוּve./hish.Li.khuand/ they will throw הַכֹּהֲנִ֤יםha./ko.ha.Nimthe/ priests עֲלֵיהֶם֙'a.lei./Hemon/ them מֶ֔לַחMe.lachsalt וְהֶעֱל֥וּve./he.'e.Luand/ they will offer up אוֹתָ֛ם'o.Ta/m<obj.>/ them עֹלָ֖ה'o.Laha burnt offering לַֽיהוָֽה׃la./Yah.wehto/ Yahweh

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Leviticus 2:13 And you shall season each of your grain offerings with salt. You must not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offering; you are to add salt to each of your offerings.
Mark 9:49 For everyone will be salted with fire.
Numbers 18:19 All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring.”
Colossians 4:6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
2 Chronicles 13:5 Do you not know that the LORD, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt?
Matthew 5:13 You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.