Salt of the World Salt is a very versatile product and has been used all throughout history. In modern times it is mainly used to season food and for beauty purposes. Although we still use salt today, in history the uses of salt varied widely across the world. During biblical times salt...
12:3, 3). In addition to the uses of salt already specified, the inferior sorts were applied as a manure to the soil, or to hasten the decomposition of dung (Mt 5:13; Lu 14:35). Too large an admixture, however, was held to produce sterility, as exemplified on the shores of the...
been eaten or offered with accompanying sacrifices on occasion of very solemn covenants, or it may be regarded as figurative, denoting, either, from the use of salt in sacrifice (Le 2:13; Mr 9:49), the sacredness, or, from the preserving qualities of salt, the perpetuity of the covenant...
The lawyer describes his feelings by saying, “for a few moments I was turned into a pillar of salt, standing at the head of my seated column of clerks” (11). This is an allusion to the story of lot in which god came to Lot, who was currently staying in Sodom and Gomorrah, and...
Surprisingly, the leaves of mallow are not only edible but also feature a unique sour flavor! In fact, some Bible versions even refer to it as “salt herbs” or “saltwort” in recognition of its distinctive taste. Musk mallow is an exotic springtime beauty hailing from Europe, southwestern ...
The above book is also on DVD and VHS Video from the 2003 MUFON International Symposium for $20.00 plus shipping (book and video plus shipping totals $32.95). In this presentation St. Rain uses over 100 slides in less than 60 minutes to display some of the strange evidence from our prehis...
In Israel za' atar is a protected plant and due to over-exploitation there are large fines for picking za' atar. There is a wide variety of mixtures but all contain (toasted) white sesame seeds, ground sumac, wild oregano (Origanum syriacum, formerly Majorana syriaca.) and salt. It is ...
关于摩押的预言 - 论到摩押,以色列的上帝——万军之耶和华说: “尼波大祸临头了! 它必被毁灭; 基列亭必蒙羞沦陷, 堡垒必蒙羞被毁。 摩押不再受称赞, 敌人在希实本图谋害她,说, ‘来吧!我们铲除这个国家。’ 玛得缅啊,你也将被敌人追杀, 变得死寂无声。 “从何罗
After which the bishop, with his pastoral staff, describes, as with a pen, two alphabets in the ashes sprinkled by the deacon, and proceeds to consecrate the altar by sprinkling it with a mixture of water, wine, salt, and ashes, in the name of Jesus Christ. The consecration of the ...