Ezekiel 43:24

“And thou shalt offer them before the Lord, &c.] Upon the altar of burnt offering, which stood before the house or temple where Jehovah dwelt, (<264047>Ezekiel 40:47): and the priests shall cast salt upon them; which was to be used in all sacrifices under the law, (<030213>Leviticus 2:13), this may denote the savoury doctrines and lives of the ministers of the Gospel, who thereby recommend the truths they deliver, concerning a crucified Christ, his blood, righteousness, and sacrifice, to others; (see <400513>Matthew 5:13): and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto the Lord; throughout the whole seven days of the consecration and cleansing of the altar, as follows:”

“There was, on each of the seven days, a burnt-offering of a bullock and a ram, preceded by a “sin-offereng of a bullock” on the first day, and of a “kid of the goats” on the other days. Ezekiel 43:24 Salt is here added to the “burnt-offering” to express still more the idea of purification. In the second temple no sacrifice was complete without the use of salt, and the rabbis assert that there was a great heap of salt close to the altar, always ready for use, and that the inclined plane to the altar was kept covered with salt. Compare Mark 9:49. Ezekiel 43:26 Consecrate themselves - literally, as in the margin. Leviticus 8:27. The priests are already consecrated, but the memory of their…”

“Shalt offer - Direct them to offer. Salt - It may allude to the perpetuity of the covenant thus made by sacrifice. Ezekiel 43:26”

“cast salt: Lev 2:13; Num 18:19; Ch2 13:5; Mat 5:13; Mar 9:49, Mar 9:50; Col 4:6 Ezekiel 43:25”