Why Did Lot's Wife Turn Into SALT? The Hebrew Word Behind Genesis 19
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Why did Lot's wife turn into a pillar of salt? Genesis 19:26 says, "But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt." And centuries later Jesus told his disciples, "Remember Lot's wife" (Luke 17:32).
In this Bible study we read the story through the Hebrew text and the King James Version. The angels take Lot's family out of Sodom by the hand, "the LORD being merciful unto him," and give one command: look not behind thee. We look at the Hebrew verb for that look, the detail "from behind him," and why the story begins in Genesis 13, when Lot lifted up his eyes and chose the well watered plain of Jordan. Then we follow salt (melach) through the Hebrew Bible: the vale of Siddim, "which is the salt sea," Deuteronomy 29:23, Judges 9:45, Psalm 107:34, Jeremiah 17:6 and Zephaniah 2:9, where salt marks overthrown ground. We look at the word for pillar (netsiv), what Josephus, the Wisdom of Solomon and Clement of Rome said about her, and the other side of salt: the covenant of salt, Elisha's healed spring and "Ye are the salt of the earth." Finally we come to Luke 17, the days of Lot, the plowman who looks back in Luke 9:62, and Jesus' own explanation: "Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it."
All Scripture quotations are from the King James Version.
Is there something behind you that your heart still leans toward? Share your thoughts in the comments, and subscribe for more studies beneath the verse.
#LotsWife #BibleStudy #Genesis19
00:00 Why salt?
01:25 Taken out by the hand (Genesis 19:15-16)
02:40 Look not behind thee
03:10 The Hebrew verb for looking
04:38 "From behind him"
07:07 Lot's first look: the plain of Jordan
08:49 The vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea
10:19 Salt in the prophets: land under judgment
14:56 The Hebrew word for pillar
17:18 Josephus, Wisdom of Solomon and Clement
20:17 The covenant of salt
22:13 Ye are the salt of the earth
23:43 The days of Lot (Luke 17)
25:27 The plowman who looks back (Luke 9:62)
26:12 "Remember Lot's wife"
27:04 Why her?
29:20 Pulling it together
29:58 What this means for you
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32 Remember Lot's wife. 33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
Why Did Lot's Wife Turn Into SALT? The Hebrew Word Behind Genesis 19
Beneath The Verse
3,212 views
Why did Lot's wife turn into a pillar of salt? Genesis 19:26 says, "But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt." And centuries later Jesus told his disciples, "Remember Lot's wife" (Luke 17:32).
In this Bible study we read the story through the Hebrew text and the King James Version. The angels take Lot's family out of Sodom by the hand, "the LORD being merciful unto him," and give one command: look not behind thee. We look at the Hebrew verb for that look, the detail "from behind him," and why the story begins in Genesis 13, when Lot lifted up his eyes and chose the well watered plain of Jordan. Then we follow salt (melach) through the Hebrew Bible: the vale of Siddim, "which is the salt sea," Deuteronomy 29:23, Judges 9:45, Psalm 107:34, Jeremiah 17:6 and Zephaniah 2:9, where salt marks overthrown ground. We look at the word for pillar (netsiv), what Josephus, the Wisdom of Solomon and Clement of Rome said about her, and the other side of salt: the covenant of salt, Elisha's healed spring and "Ye are the salt of the earth." Finally we come to Luke 17, the days of Lot, the plowman who looks back in Luke 9:62, and Jesus' own explanation: "Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it."
All Scripture quotations are from the King James Version.
Is there something behind you that your heart still leans toward? Share your thoughts in the comments, and subscribe for more studies beneath the verse.
#LotsWife #BibleStudy #Genesis19
00:00 Why salt?
01:25 Taken out by the hand (Genesis 19:15-16)
02:40 Look not behind thee
03:10 The Hebrew verb for looking
04:38 "From behind him"
07:07 Lot's first look: the plain of Jordan
08:49 The vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea
10:19 Salt in the prophets: land under judgment
14:56 The Hebrew word for pillar
17:18 Josephus, Wisdom of Solomon and Clement
20:17 The covenant of salt
22:13 Ye are the salt of the earth
23:43 The days of Lot (Luke 17)
25:27 The plowman who looks back (Luke 9:62)
26:12 "Remember Lot's wife"
27:04 Why her?
29:20 Pulling it together
29:58 What this means for you