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There are more than thirty references in the Bible to '''salt''' <ref>'''Salt''' is the every day term for the chemical compound ''Sodium Chloride'' (''NaCl''); it occurs naturally in many parts of the world and is particularly prevalent in the area of the ''[[Dead Sea]]''. '''Halite''' is the mineral form of sodium chloride.</ref><ref>An interesting quality of salt is that when it is used it looses itself. Example, (1) when used in cooking the salt can not be seen; it makes its contribution and is "gone". (2) In various chemical processes, salt "dissipates" after it has fulfilled its purpose.</ref> in different contexts and different meanings.
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==History of Salt==
Salt is so abundant on and deep within the earth, that it could rightfully be referred to as a "Fifth element" since humanity dependends on it much like it does on air, earth, water and fire.
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==Old Testament References==
*'''Genesis 19:26''' 26 ''"But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt."''*'''Deuteronomy 29:23''' 23 ''"And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and '''salt''', and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of '''Sodom, and Gomorrah''', Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath ..."''*'''Judges 9:45''' 45 ''"And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt."''*'''Job 6:6''' 6 ''"Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without '''salt'''?"''*'''Leviticus 2:12-13''' (''Incomplete'')*'''Joel 2:20''' 20 ''"But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the '''utmost sea''', and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things."''<ref> The '''east sea''', or the Sea of the Plain, is more commonly known as the Dead Sea! This ''sea'' is infact a large inland lake whose waters are extremely ''saline''. In fact, it is five times more salty than the oceans, and marine life cannot live in it's waters. It is at the lowest point on earth and can be described as desolate.</ref><!---Being in a land barren and desolate, and having your face toward the east sea is a signification of having nothing worthwhile. It is likely that the implied reference to the salinity of this sea is a signification of Judgment. The ''Dead Sea'' is truly a dead sea, it is a place with a salt content so high, that it can only be described as desolate. For this people to be in a land barren and desolate and have their face toward this dead sea, is a figure of the worst possible scenario, and the lowest position one can be in. Under God's judgment where there is nothing around you but desolation! And one's "face" toward the salt sea, signifies this judgment.--->*'''Ezekiel 16:4''' 4 ''"As for your nativity, on the day you were born your navel cord was not cut, nor were you washed in water to cleanse you; you were not rubbed with salt nor wrapped in swaddling cloths.'' (NKJV)*'''Ezekiel 47:11''' 11 ''"But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to '''salt'''."''
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* Book ??? The most familiar reference to salt occurs in the story of Lot’s wife. Lot was a nephew of Abraham who lived with his wife and two daughters in Sodom. Just before the wicked city was destroyed for its sinfulness, two angels came to Lot and warned him to escape, cautioning him and his family not to look back once they departed. Lot’s wife, however, disregarded the command and turned to look back at the burning city. She was turned to pillar of salt.
