Read chapter 2.
Next we have the chapter about the grain offering, the type of bread that was to be offered as a memorial. This bread is to have no leaven or honey. This could be partly as a reminder of their deliverance from Egypt of making haste and not putting any leaven the dough during the passover. Honey is the cause for fermentation (leaven) so was no to be in the dough either. In the warm climates of the East leavened bread soon spoils, and hence it was regarded as the emblem of hypocrisy or corruption. Leaven is also used as an example by Christ of doctrines to be careful from (ex. Matthew 16:12). As leaven and honey were forbidden, salt was prescribed. Salt prevents fermentation. Salt is required in all the offerings. Christianity and all religious services must be season with grace (Mark 9:49, Colossians 4:6). When the Arabs make a covenant together, they put salt on the blade of a sword, from whence every one puts a little into his mouth. This constitutes them blood relations, and they remain faithful to each other even when in danger of life (Ritter, Erd. 14:960). Hence the expression “a covenant of salt,” which also occurs in Numbers 18:19, and 2Chronicles 13:5, denotes an perpetually binding alliance, an everlasting covenant. Christ is our grain offering, without sin and the binding covenant between us and God. What leaven or honey do you need to rid in your life? Where do you need to use more salt (grace or loyalty) in your life?
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