2nd Kings Chapter 2 verse 20 Holy Bible
And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
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So he said, Get me a new vessel, and put salt in it; and they took it to him.
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And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt in it. And they brought it to him.
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And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
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And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
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He said, Bring me a new jar, and put salt therein. They brought it to him.
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And he saith, `Bring to me a new dish, and place there salt;' and they bring `it' unto him,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - And he said, Bring me a new cruse. Impurity must be cleansed by means that are wholly clean and pure. The prophet called for an absolutely new cruse, one that had been put to no use at all, and therefore could not have been defiled. And put salt therein. Salt, which physically would be most unapt to heal an unwholesome stream already holding too much salt in solution, is selected doubtless as emblematic of purity, being that by which corruption is ordinarily prevented or stayed. Under the Law every offering was to be purified by salt (Leviticus 2:13). The same symbolism is still employed under the gospel (see Matthew 5:13; Mark 9:49; Luke 14:34). And they brought it to him.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) A new cruse.--Vessel; either dish, bowl, or cup (c?l?hith); only here. (Comp. c?l?hoth, 2Chronicles 35:16 : and the Targum, (c?l-hith?.) A new one, because the holy purpose demanded an instrument uncontaminated by use. (Comp. Numbers 19:2; 2Samuel 6:3.)Salt.--As an antiseptic, an appropriate sacramental medium of the Divine influence which was to expel the corruption of the spring.
