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12 You may offer yeast bread and honey as thanksgiving offerings at harvest time, but not as burnt offerings.[a]

13 “Every offering must be seasoned with salt,[b] because the salt is a reminder of God’s covenant.

14 “If you are offering from the first of your harvest, remove the kernels from a fresh ear, crush and roast them, then offer them to the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 2:12 but not as burnt offerings, literally, “but not for a sweet savor on the altar.”
  2. Leviticus 2:13 seasoned with salt. In many of the languages of the ancient Near East, the word salt is a homonym of the word good. It was used symbolically for goodness in making covenants.

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