Salt in the Bible
Salt [1][2] is referenced in the Bible on many occassions and whenever it is mentioned it is used as an essential reference.
- In the Book of Job, written hundreds of years before Christ, is found the line, “Can nothing which is unsavory be eaten without salt.”
- the most familiar reference to salt occurs in the story of Lot’s wife. Lot was a nephew of Abraham who lived with his wife and two daughters in Sodom. Just before the wicked city was destroyed for its sinfulness, two angels came to Lot and warned him to escape, cautioning him and his family not to look back once they departed. Lot’s wife, however, disregarded the command and turned to look back at the burning city. She was turned to pillar of salt.
- When Elisha sweetened the waters of Jericho, he cast salt into them.
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Notes
- ↑ Salt is the every day term for the chemical compound Sodium Chloride (NaCl); it occurs naturally in many parts of the world and is particularly prevalent in the area of the Dead Sea. Halite is the mineral form of sodium chloride.
- ↑ An interesting quality of salt is that when it is used it looses itself. Example, (1) when used in cooking the salt can not be seen; it makes its contribution and is "gone". (2) In various chemical processes, salt "dissipates" after it has fulfilled its purpose.
