Salt in the Bible Salt covenant - that is a covenant that can never be broken. The fate of Lot's wife, being turned to a pillar of salt, is found in . This is the reason for the naming of the pillar on Mount Sodom, which is often called "Lot's Wife". Salt was cast on the burnt offering (Ezekiel 43:24) and was part of the incense (Exodus 30:35). Part of the temple offering included salt (Ezra 6:9). Salt was widely and variably used as a symbol and sacred sign in ancient Israel and illustrate salt as a covenant of friendship. In cultures throughout the
Vine of Sodom to the eye, are bitter to the taste. Vine of Sodom Vine of Sodom is the translation of found in the King James and some other translations of the Bible into English, most notably in the Tyndale Bible, which renders it: "Their vines are the vines of Sodom." The Douay-Rheims renders the phrase as, "Their vines are of the vineyard of Sodom," the JPS Tanakh: "The vine for them is from Sodom," and the Revised Standard Version, "For their vine comes from the vine of Sodom." The full verse in the King James Version reads: "For their vine is of