Verse 20
20. A new cruse Never used in any common or unholy service.
Put salt therein Elisha, in working this miracle, would seem to make use of means just as did Jesus when he put spittle on the blind man’s eyes.
John 9:6; Mark 8:23. “The injurious property and effect was not taken from the water by the salt, poured in; for even if the salt actually possessed this power, a whole spring could not be corrected by a single dish of salt, even for one day, much less for a longer time, or forever. The pouring in of the salt was a symbolic act with which Elisha accompanied the word of the Lord, by which alone the spring was healed. Salt, on account of its power of preserving from putrescence and decay, is the symbol of incorruptibility, and of life removing death. The new dish was also a symbol of purity and inviolateness.” Keil.
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