1. Leviticus 2:13 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What is the function of the repetition in verse 13?

Leviticus 2:13 (ESV)

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.

The last two clauses of verse 13 are in apposition. This means that two phrases stand parallel to each other in order to create emphasis. As one author says, “It is absolutely, unequivocally, required to include salt in the offerings.”1