Leviticus 2 – A life seasoned with faithfulness and devoid of sin

The Lord then instructs Moses on how a grain offering is to be presented to the Lord. It is to be “an offering by fire of a soothing aroma too the Lord.” The remainder of the grain offering not burned up is a given to the priests. No leaven or honey may be a part of the grain offering; however, each grain offering needs to be seasoned with salt

Looking forward to the New Testament leaven is most often used to symbolize sin and salt is most often used to represent faithfulness to God. I would guess (without having done any research) that these New Testament understandings of leaven and salt come from these Levitical instructions on presenting a grain offering to God.

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