Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 43:24
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.
24. The burnt-offering was wholly consumed on the altar, salt being sprinkled on the flesh, Lev 2:13; Mar 9:49.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Thou shalt offer; direct them to offer.
Before the Lord; not only to the Lord, but before the Lord, i.e. before the temple; so the altar stood where the burnt-offering was to be offered.
Cast salt upon them; so the law, Lev 2:13, expressly required, and the priests salted every sacrifice made by fire three times, they say, in the salt chamber, at the bottom of the altar, and when the sacrifice was on the altar. It may allude to the perpetuity of the covenant thus made by sacrifice, and salted; as Num 18:19; 2Ch 13:5.
They; the priests.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And thou shalt offer them before the Lord,…. Upon the altar of burnt offering, which stood before the house or temple where Jehovah dwelt, Eze 40:47:
and the priests shall cast salt upon them; which was to be used in all sacrifices under the law, Le 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 Mt 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:
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(24) Cast salt.The word means throw or pour, indicating a more copious use of salt than the seasoning ordained by the law (Lev. 2:13).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Eze 43:24 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 Lev 2:13 .
a Plato sal nominat Y diis churis. Nihil utilius sale ac sole. – Coel. Rhodig., lib. vi. cap. 1.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
cast salt. This was not done in this case under the Mosaic law. Compare Lev 2:13. See App-92.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
cast salt: Lev 2:13, Num 18:19, 2Ch 13:5, Mat 5:13, Mar 9:49, Mar 9:50, Col 4:6
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 43:24. Before the Lord means to do It, in the presence of the altar, for the Lord would not recognize the offering if done in another place. See the comments on “appointed place” in verse 21. Salt may be referred to from both a literal and figurative viewpoint. It is a literal preservative, and when considered figuratively it denotes Permanence in the thing with which it is connected.