Pinchas 25:13 · unit 5 — covenant language cross-referenced to salt of the covenant

Parashas Pinchas · Passuk 25:13

The Complete Passuk

וְהָיְתָה לּוֹ וּלְזַרְעוֹ אַחֲרָיו בְּרִית כְּהֻנַּת עוֹלָם תַּחַת אֲשֶׁר קִנֵּא לֵאלֹהָיו וַיְכַפֵּר עַל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃

And it shall be for him and for his seed after him a covenant of eternal priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and made atonement for the children of Yisrael.

Chabad.org — 25:13

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: TT cross-ref (Vayikra 2:13)

Sefaria — TT Vayikra 2:13

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
עַיֵּן לְפָנֵינוּ בְּפָרָשַׁת וַיִּקְרָא בַּפָּסוּק וְלֹא תַשְׁבִּית מֶלַח בְּרִית (ב׳ י״ג).

English: See earlier in Parashas Vayikra on the verse “you shall not omit the salt of the covenant” (2:13).

Type of Learning

Cross-reference within Torah Temimah on bris language.

What Is Learned

The covenant of priesthood is linked in TT’s apparatus to the enduring “bris melach” theme.