Thematic Bible: Domestic Donkeys
Thematic Bible
Domestic Donkeys » Formed a part of patriarchal wealth
Therefore he treated Abram well for her sake; and gave him sheep and oxen and donkeys and male and female servants and female donkeys and camels.
So the man became exceedingly prosperous, and had large flocks and female and male servants and camels and donkeys.
Domestic Donkeys » Trusty persons appointed to take care of
These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah—he is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness when he was pasturing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.
Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, were lost. So Kish said to his son Saul, “Take now with you one of the servants, and arise, go search for the donkeys.”
Obil the Ishmaelite had charge of the camels; and Jehdeiah the Meronothite had charge of the donkeys.
Domestic Donkeys » Often taken unlawfully by corrupt rulers
Then Moses became very angry and said to the Lord, “Do not regard their offering! I have not taken a single donkey from them, nor have I done harm to any of them.”
He will also take your male servants and your female servants and your best young men and your donkeys and use them for his work.
Here I am; bear witness against me before the Lord and His anointed. Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? I will restore it to you.”
Domestic Donkeys » Unclean
"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'These are the creatures which you may eat from all the animals that are on the earth. 'Whatever divides a hoof, thus making split hoofs, and chews the cud, among the animals, that you may eat.
Concerning all the animals which divide the hoof but do not make a split hoof, or which do not chew cud, they are unclean to you: whoever touches them becomes unclean.
Domestic Donkeys » Laws respecting » Astray, to be brought back to its owners
“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey wandering away, you shall surely return it to him.
“You shall not see your countryman’s ox or his sheep straying away, and pay no attention to them; you shall certainly bring them back to your countryman.
Domestic Donkeys » Was used » For bearing burdens
Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread and two jugs of wine and five sheep already prepared and five measures of roasted grain and a hundred clusters of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs, and loaded them on donkeys.
Domestic Donkeys » Persons of rank rode on
After him, Jair the Gileadite arose and judged Israel twenty-two years. He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty cities in the land of Gilead that are called Havvoth-jair to this day.
The king said to Ziba, “Why do you have these?” And Ziba said, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine, for whoever is faint in the wilderness to drink.”
Domestic Donkeys » Urged on with a staff
When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way with his drawn sword in his hand, the donkey turned off from the way and went into the field; but Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back into the way.
When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, she lay down under Balaam; so Balaam was angry and struck the donkey with his stick.
Domestic Donkeys » Women often rode on
It came about as she was riding on her donkey and coming down by the hidden part of the mountain, that behold, David and his men were coming down toward her; so she met them.
Domestic Donkeys » Miracles connected with » Mouth of balaam's opened to speak
And the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”
but he received a rebuke for his own transgression, for a mute donkey, speaking with a voice of a man, restrained the madness of the prophet.
Domestic Donkeys » Was used » For riding
So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son; and he split wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.
Domestic Donkeys » Laws respecting » First-born of, if not redeemed, to have its neck broken
But every first offspring of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck; and every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem.
Domestic Donkeys » Was used » In agriculture
Also the oxen and the donkeys which work the ground will eat salted fodder, which has been winnowed with shovel and fork.
The oracle concerning the beasts of the Negev.
Through a land ofdistress and anguish,
Fromwhere come lioness and lion, viper and flying serpent,
Theycarry their riches on the backs of young donkeys
And their treasures oncamels’ humps,
To a people who cannot profit them;
Through a land of
From
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And their treasures on
To a people who cannot profit them;
Domestic Donkeys » Was used » In war
Therefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents and their horses and their donkeys, even the camp just as it was, and fled for their life.
So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city, and they told them, saying, “We came to the camp of the Arameans, and behold, there was no one there, nor the voice of man, only the horses tied and the donkeys tied, and the tents just as they were.”
Domestic Donkeys » Young, most valued for labor
Also the oxen and the donkeys which work the ground will eat salted fodder, which has been winnowed with shovel and fork.
The oracle concerning the beasts of the Negev.
Through a land ofdistress and anguish,
Fromwhere come lioness and lion, viper and flying serpent,
Theycarry their riches on the backs of young donkeys
And their treasures oncamels’ humps,
To a people who cannot profit them;
Through a land of
From
They
And their treasures on
To a people who cannot profit them;
Domestic Donkeys » Christ entered jerusalem on
Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your
He is
Even on a
Domestic Donkeys » Laws respecting » Astray, to be taken care of till its owner appeared
"If your countryman is not near you, or if you do not know him, then you shall bring it home to your house, and it shall remain with you until your countryman looks for it; then you shall restore it to him. "Thus you shall do with his donkey, and you shall do the same with his garment, and you shall do likewise with anything lost by your countryman, which he has lost and you have found. You are not allowed to neglect them.
Domestic Donkeys » Laws respecting » Not to be yoked with an ox
“You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together.
Domestic Donkeys » Laws respecting » To enjoy the rest of the sabbath
but the seventh day is a sabbath of the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant or your ox or your donkey or any of your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you, so that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.
Domestic Donkeys » Described as » Fond of ease
"Issachar is a strong donkey, Lying down between the sheepfolds. "When he saw that a resting place was good And that the land was pleasant, He bowed his shoulder to bear burdens, And became a slave at forced labor.
Domestic Donkeys » Latterly counted as an ignoble creature
Dragged off and thrown out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
Domestic Donkeys » Miracles connected with » Not torn by a lion
He went and found his body thrown on the road with the donkey and the lion standing beside the body; the lion had not eaten the body nor torn the donkey.
Domestic Donkeys » Described as » Strong
Domestic Donkeys » Often fed on vine-leaves
And his donkey’s colt to the choice vine;
And his robes in the blood of grapes.
Domestic Donkeys » Governed by a bridle
And a
Domestic Donkeys » Miracles connected with » A thousand men slain by samson with a jaw-bone of
But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi so that water came out of it. When he drank, his strength returned and he revived. Therefore he named it En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.
Domestic Donkeys » Miracles connected with » Water brought from the jaw-bone of
But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi so that water came out of it. When he drank, his strength returned and he revived. Therefore he named it En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.
Domestic Donkeys » Laws respecting » Not to be coveted
“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife or his male servant or his female servant or his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
Domestic Donkeys » Eaten during famine in samaria
There was a great famine in Samaria; and behold, they besieged it, until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a fourth of a kab of dove’s dung for five shekels of silver.
Domestic Donkeys » Laws respecting » Fallen under a burden, to be assisted
Domestic Donkeys » Was used » In harness
A train of donkeys, a train of camels,
Let him pay close attention, very close attention.”
Domestic Donkeys » Judges of israel rode on white
You who sit on rich carpets,
And you who travel on the road—
Domestic Donkeys » Described as » Not devoid of instinct
And a donkey its master’s manger,
But Israel
My people