Numbers 18:19 
Context| NET © | All the raised offerings of the holy things that the Israelites offer to the Lord, I have given to you, and to your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual ordinance. It is a covenant of salt 1 forever before the Lord for you and for your descendants with you.” |
| NIV © | Whatever is set aside from the holy offerings the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and your sons and daughters as your regular share. It is an everlasting covenant of salt before the LORD for both you and your offspring." |
| NASB © | "All the offerings of the holy gifts, which the sons of Israel offer to the LORD, I have given to you and your sons and your daughters with you, as a perpetual allotment. It is an everlasting covenant of salt before the LORD to you and your descendants with you." |
| NLT © | Yes, I am giving you all these holy offerings that the people of Israel bring to the LORD. They are for you and your sons and daughters, to be eaten as your regular share. This is an unbreakable covenant between the LORD and you and your descendants." |
| MSG © | All the holy offerings that the People of Israel set aside for GOD, I'm turning over to you and your children. That's the standard rule and includes both you and your children--a Covenant-of-Salt, eternal and unchangeable before GOD." |
| BBE © | All the lifted offerings of the holy things which the children of Israel give to the Lord, I have given to you and to your sons and to your daughters as a right for ever. This is an agreement made with salt before the Lord, to you and to your seed for ever. |
| NRSV © | All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I have given to you, together with your sons and daughters, as a perpetual due; it is a covenant of salt forever before the LORD for you and your descendants as well. |
| NKJV © | "All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to the LORD, I have given to you and your sons and daughters with you as an ordinance forever; it is a covenant of salt forever before the LORD with you and your descendants with you." |
| KJV | All the heave offerings <08641> of the holy things <06944>_, which the children <01121> of Israel <03478> unto the LORD <03068>_, thee, and thy sons <01121> and thy daughters <01323> with thee, by a statute <02706> for ever <05769>_: it [is] a covenant <01285> of salt <04417> for ever <05769> before <06440> the LORD <03068> unto thee and to thy seed <02233> with thee. |
| NASB © | "All <03605> the offerings <08641> of the holy <06944> gifts, which <0834> the sons <01121> of Israel <03478> offer <07311> to the LORD <03068> , I have given <05414> to you and your sons <01121> and your daughters <01323> with you, as a perpetual <05769> allotment <02706> . It is an everlasting <05769> covenant <01285> of salt <04417> before <06440> the LORD <03068> to you and your descendants with you."<02233> |
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| NET © [draft] ITL | All <03605> the raised offerings <08641> of the holy <06944> things that <0834> the Israelites <03478> offer <07311> to the Lord <03068> , I have given <05414> to you, and to your sons <01121> and daughters <01323> with <0854> you, as a perpetual <05769> ordinance <02706> . It is <01931> a covenant <01285> of salt <04417> forever <05769> before <06440> the Lord <03068> for you and for your descendants <02233> with you.”<0854> |
| NET © | All the raised offerings of the holy things that the Israelites offer to the Lord, I have given to you, and to your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual ordinance. It is a covenant of salt 1 forever before the Lord for you and for your descendants with you.” |
| NET © Notes |
1 sn Salt was used in all the offerings; its importance as a preservative made it a natural symbol for the covenant which was established by sacrifice. Even general agreements were attested by sacrifice, and the phrase “covenant of salt” speaks of such agreements as binding and irrevocable. Note the expression in Ezra 4:14, “we have been salted with the salt of the palace.” See further J. F. Ross, IDB 4:167. |
