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Contemporary English Version

Ezekiel 43:24

and bring them to my temple. The priests will sprinkle salt on them and offer them as sacrifices to please me.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Offerings;   Salt;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Salt;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Minerals and Metals;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Fasting;   Moses;   Nations;   Priests and Levites;   Salt;   Temple;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Offerings, the;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Temple;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Salt;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Salt;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Symbol;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You are to present them before the Lord; the priests will throw salt on them and sacrifice them as a burnt offering to the Lord.
Hebrew Names Version
You shall bring them near before the LORD, and the Kohanim shall cast salt on them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering to the LORD.
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 .
English Standard Version
You shall present them before the Lord , and the priests shall sprinkle salt on them and offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord .
New American Standard Bible
'You shall offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall throw salt on them, and they shall offer them up as a burnt offering to the LORD.
New Century Version
You must offer them in the presence of the Lord , and the priests are to throw salt on them and offer them as a burnt offering to the Lord .
Amplified Bible
'You shall present them before the LORD, and the priests shall throw salt on them, and they shall offer them up as a burnt offering to the LORD.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And thou shalt offer them before ye Lord, and the Priestes shall cast salt vpon them, & they shall offer them for a burnt offring vnto ye Lord.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'You shall present them before the LORD, and the priests shall throw salt on them, and they shall offer them up as a burnt offering to the LORD.
Legacy Standard Bible
And you shall bring them near before Yahweh, and the priests shall throw salt on them, and they shall offer them up as a burnt offering to Yahweh.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
Complete Jewish Bible
You are to present them before Adonai , and the cohanim will throw salt on them and offer them as a burnt offering to Adonai .
Darby Translation
and thou shalt present them before Jehovah; and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt-offering unto Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then you will offer them before the Lord . The priests will sprinkle salt on them. Then they will offer the bull and ram up as a burnt offering to the Lord .
George Lamsa Translation
And you shall offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall put salt on them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering to the LORD,
Good News Translation
and bring them to me. The priests will sprinkle salt on them and burn them as an offering to me.
Lexham English Bible
And you must bring them near before Yahweh, and the priests must throw salt on them, and they must offer them as a burnt offering to Yahweh.
Literal Translation
And you shall bring them before Jehovah, and the priests shall throw salt on them, and they shall offer them for a burnt offering to Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Offre them before the LORDE, and let the prest cast salt thervpon, and geue them so vnto the LORDE for a burntoffringe.
American Standard Version
And thou shalt bring them near before Jehovah, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt-offering unto Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
And you are to take them before the Lord, and the priests will put salt on them, offering them up for a burned offering to the Lord.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thou shalt present 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.
King James Version (1611)
And thou shalt offer them before the Lord, and the Priests shall cast salt vpon them, and they shall offer them vp for a burnt offering vnto the Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Offer them before the Lorde, and let the priestes cast salt therupon, and geue them so vnto the Lorde for a burnt offering.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And ye shall offer them before the Lord, and the priests shall sprinkle salt upon them, and shall offer them up as whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord.
English Revised Version
And thou shalt bring them near before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto the LORD.
World English Bible
You shall bring them near before Yahweh, and the priests shall cast salt on them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering to Yahweh.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thou schalt offre tho in the siyt of the Lord; and prestis schulen putte salt on tho, and schulen offre tho in to brent sacrifice to the Lord.
Update Bible Version
And you shall bring them near before Yahweh, and the priests shall cast salt on them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt-offering to Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them [for] a burnt-offering to the LORD.
New English Translation
You will present them before the Lord , and the priests will scatter salt on them and offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord .
New King James Version
When you offer them before the LORD, the priests shall throw salt on them, and they will offer them up as a burnt offering to the LORD.
New Living Translation
You are to present them to the Lord , and the priests are to sprinkle salt on them and offer them as a burnt offering to the Lord .
New Life Bible
You must bring them before the Lord. The religious leaders will throw salt on them, and burn them on the altar as a gift to the Lord.
New Revised Standard
You shall present them before the Lord , and the priests shall throw salt on them and offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and shalt bring them near before Yahweh, - and the priests shall east over them salt, so shall they cause them to go up as an ascending-sacrifice to Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt offer them in the sight of the Lord, and the priests shall put salt upon them, and shall offer them a holocaust to the Lord.
Revised Standard Version
You shall present them before the LORD, and the priests shall sprinkle salt upon them and offer them up as a burnt offering to the LORD.
Young's Literal Translation
And thou hast brought them near before Jehovah, and the priests have cast upon them salt, and have caused them to go up, a burnt-offering to Jehovah.

Contextual Overview

13 According to the official standards, the altar in the temple had the following measurements: Around the bottom of the altar was a gutter twenty inches wide and twenty inches deep, with a ten inch ledge on the outer rim. 14The altar rested on a base and had three sections, each one of them square. The bottom section was twenty-seven feet on each side and three feet high. The middle section was twenty-four feet on each side and seven feet high, and it had a ten inch rim around its outer edge. The top section, which was twenty feet on each side and seven feet high, was the place where sacrifices were burned, and the four corners of the top section looked like the horns of a bull. The steps leading up to the altar were on the east side. 18 The Lord God said: Ezekiel, son of man, after the altar is built, it must be dedicated by offering sacrifices on it and by splattering it with blood. Here is what you must do: 19 The priests of the Levi tribe from the family of Zadok the priest are the only ones who may serve in my temple—this is my law. So give them a young bull to slaughter as a sacrifice for sin. 20 Take some of the animal's blood and smear it on the four corners of the altar, some on the corners of the middle section, and some more on the rim around its edge. That will purify the altar and make it fit for offering sacrifices to me. 21 Then take the body of the bull outside the temple area and burn it at the special place. 22 The next day, a goat that has nothing wrong with it must be offered as a sacrifice for sin. Purify the altar with its blood, just as you did with the blood of the bull. 23 Then choose a young bull and a young ram that have nothing wrong with them, 24 and bring them to my temple. The priests will sprinkle salt on them and offer them as sacrifices to please me. 25 Each day for the next seven days, you must offer a goat and a bull and a ram as sacrifices for sin. These animals must have nothing wrong with them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

cast salt: Leviticus 2:13, Numbers 18:19, 2 Chronicles 13:5, Matthew 5:13, Mark 9:49, Mark 9:50, Colossians 4:6

Cross-References

Genesis 18:4
I'll have some water brought, so you can wash your feet, then you can rest under the tree.
Genesis 19:2
and said, "Gentlemen, I am your servant. Please come to my home. You can wash your feet, spend the night, and be on your way in the morning." They told him, "No, we'll spend the night in the city square."
Genesis 24:32
Abraham's servant went home with Laban, where Laban's servants unloaded his camels and gave them straw and feed. Then they brought water into the house, so Abraham's servant and his men could wash their feet.
Genesis 43:17
The servant did as he was told and took the brothers to Joseph's house.
Luke 7:44
He turned toward the woman and said to Simon, "Have you noticed this woman? When I came into your home, you didn't give me any water so I could wash my feet. But she has washed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thou shalt offer them before the Lord,.... Upon the altar of burnt offering, which stood before the house or temple where Jehovah dwelt, Ezekiel 40:47:

and the priests shall cast salt upon them; which was to be used in all sacrifices under the law, Leviticus 2:13, this may denote the savoury doctrines and lives of the ministers of the Gospel, who thereby recommend the truths they deliver, concerning a crucified Christ, his blood, righteousness, and sacrifice, to others; see Matthew 5:13:

and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto the Lord; throughout the whole seven days of the consecration and cleansing of the altar, as follows:

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

There was, on each of the seven days, a burnt-offering of a bullock and a ram, preceded by a “sin-offereng of a bullock” on the first day, and of a “kid of the goats” on the other days.

Ezekiel 43:24

Salt is here added to the “burnt-offering” to express still more the idea of purification. In the second temple no sacrifice was complete without the use of salt, and the rabbis assert that there was a great heap of salt close to the altar, always ready for use, and that the inclined plane to the altar was kept covered with salt. Compare Mark 9:49.

Ezekiel 43:26

Consecrate themselves - literally, as in the margin. Leviticus 8:27. The priests are already consecrated, but the memory of their consecration was thus kept up at the dedication of the altar.


 
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