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.
Ver. 24. And the priests shall cast salt upon them.] Christians must "have salt a within themselves," Mar 9:50 and see to it that all their speeches be seasoned with the salt of mortification and discretion; Eph 4:29 Col 4:6 so shall God make an everlasting covenant with them, even a "covenant of salt." See Leviticus 2:13 .
a Plato sal nominat Yεοφιλεστατον diis churis. Nihil utilius sale ac sole. - Coel. Rhodig., lib. vi. cap. 1.