^a Gk. πυρὶ ἁλισθήσεται, lit., will be salted with fire; cf. ἁλὶ ἁλισθὴσεται in Mk. 9:49b, Lv. 2:13, and Ez. 16:4: lit., will be salted with salt.

^b Gk. ἁλὶ ἁλισθὴσεται, lit., will be salted with salt.

^c See Lv. 2:13: You shall season all your grain offerings with salt. You shall not let the salt of the covenant with your God be missing from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt (ESV). (A convenant of salt is an enduring, irrevocable covenant [see also Nm. 18:19 and 2 Chr. 13:5]. Presumably the salt serves as a constant reminder of the convenants [Ex. 19:5-6; Dt. 19:1, 10-15] with God into which Israel entered, and under which the sacrifices and offers are made: Ex. 24:3: Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord and all the rules. And all the people answered with one voice and said, All the words that the Lord has spoken we will do [ESV].)