Reference for Menachot 38:14
מתקיף לה רב הונא הרי מלח דלא תנא ביה קרא ומעכבא ביה דתניא (במדבר יח, יט) ברית מלח עולם הוא שתהא
But how do you confirm it?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the meal-offering is brought to the south side of the altar it can by no means be said to be 'before the Lord', i.e., opposite the entrance of the Temple which is on the west.');"><sup>17</sup></span> - R'Ashi said, This Tanna holds that the whole of the altar stood in the north.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the Temple court. So that the south side of the altar, being in fact nearest to the entrance of the Temple, is described as 'before the Lord'. V. fig. 2.');"><sup>18</sup></span> R'Huna demurred, But the salting [of the meal-offering] is not repeated in Scripture, nevertheless it is indispensable! For it has been taught: The verse, It is a covenant of salt for ever,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XVIII, 19.');"><sup>19</sup></span> signifies that there is