Thematic Bible: Domestic Donkeys
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Domestic Donkeys » Formed a part of patriarchal wealth
And his substance was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and very many servants; and this man was greater than all the children of the east.
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And Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
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And he treated Abram well on her account; and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and bondmen, and bondwomen, and she-asses, and camels.
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And the man increased very, very much, and had much cattle, and bondwomen, and bondmen, and camels, and asses.
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Domestic Donkeys » Trusty persons appointed to take care of
And these are the sons of Zibeon: both Ajah And Anah. This is the Anah that found the warm springs in the wilderness as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
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And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost; and Kish said to Saul his son, Take, I pray, one of the young men with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.
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And over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite; and over the asses was Jehdiah the Meronothite.
Domestic Donkeys » Often taken unlawfully by corrupt rulers
Then Moses was very wroth, and said to Jehovah, Have no regard to their oblation: not one ass have I taken from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
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And he will take your bondmen, and your bondwomen, and your comeliest young men, and your asses, and use them for his work.
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Here I am: testify against me before Jehovah, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I injured? or of whose hand have I received any ransom and blinded mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it to you.
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Domestic Donkeys » Unclean
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the animals which ye shall eat of all the beasts which are on the earth. Whatever hath cloven hoofs, and feet quite split open, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts that shall ye eat.
Every beast that hath cloven hoofs, but not feet quite split open, nor cheweth the cud, shall be unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.
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Domestic Donkeys » Laws respecting » Astray, to be brought back to its owners
If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt certainly bring it back to him.
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Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them back unto thy brother.
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Domestic Donkeys » Was used » For bearing burdens
And they loaded their asses with their grain, and departed thence.
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And Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two skin-bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred raisin-cakes, and two hundred fig-cakes, and laid them on asses.
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Domestic Donkeys » Persons of rank rode on
After him arose Ja'ir the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years. And he had thirty sons who rode on thirty asses; and they had thirty cities, called Hav'voth-ja'ir to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
And the king said to Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses are for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruits for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as are faint in the wilderness may drink.
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Domestic Donkeys » Urged on with a staff
And the ass saw the Angel of Jehovah standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand; and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field, and Balaam smote the ass to turn her into the way.
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And the ass saw the Angel of Jehovah, and lay down under Balaam; and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with his staff.
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Domestic Donkeys » Women often rode on
And it came to pass as she came, that she urged him to ask of her father a field; and she sprang down from the ass. And Caleb said to her, What wouldest thou?
And as she was riding on the ass, and coming down by the covert of the hill, behold, David and his men came down opposite to her; and she met them.
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Domestic Donkeys » Miracles connected with » Mouth of balaam's opened to speak
And Jehovah opened the mouth of the ass, and she said to Balaam, What have I done to thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?
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but had reproof of his own wickedness the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the folly of the prophet.
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Domestic Donkeys » Was used » For riding
And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he clave the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up and went to the place that God had told him of.
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And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.
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Domestic Donkeys » Laws respecting » First-born of, if not redeemed, to have its neck broken
And every firstling of an ass shalt thou ransom with a lamb; and if thou do not ransom it, thou shalt break its neck; and every firstborn of a man among thy sons shalt thou ransom.
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But the firstling of an ass thou shalt ransom with a lamb; and if thou ransom it not, then shalt thou break its neck. All the first-born of thy sons thou shalt ransom; and none shall appear before me empty.
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Domestic Donkeys » Was used » In agriculture
and the oxen and the asses that till the ground shall eat salted provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.
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The burden of the beasts of the south: Through a land of trouble and anguish, whence come the lioness and lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to
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Domestic Donkeys » Was used » In war
And they rose up and fled in the dusk, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, the camp as it was, and fled for their life.
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And they came and called to the porters of the city, and told them saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and behold, there was no one there, no sound of man, but the horses tied, and the asses tied, and the tents as they were.
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Domestic Donkeys » Young, most valued for labor
and the oxen and the asses that till the ground shall eat salted provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.
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The burden of the beasts of the south: Through a land of trouble and anguish, whence come the lioness and lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to
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Domestic Donkeys » Christ entered jerusalem on
Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion; shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, thy King cometh to thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly and rIding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.
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And Jesus, having found a young ass, sat upon it; as it is written,
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Domestic Donkeys » Laws respecting » Astray, to be taken care of till its owner appeared
And if thy brother be not near unto thee, and thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thy house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it unto him. And so shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his clothing; and so shalt thou do with everything that is lost of thy brother, which he loseth, and thou findest: thou mayest not hide thyself.
Domestic Donkeys » Laws respecting » Not to be yoked with an ox
Thou shalt not plough with an ox and an ass together.
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Domestic Donkeys » Laws respecting » To enjoy the rest of the sabbath
but the seventh day is the sabbath of Jehovah thy God: thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy bondman, nor thy handmaid, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy sojourner that is within thy gates; that thy bondman and thy handmaid may rest as well as thou.
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Domestic Donkeys » Described as » Fond of ease
Issachar is a bony ass, Crouching down between two hurdles. And he saw the rest that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, And was a tributary servant.
Domestic Donkeys » Latterly counted as an ignoble creature
He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, dragged along and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
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Domestic Donkeys » Miracles connected with » Not torn by a lion
And he went and found his corpse cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the corpse: the lion had not eaten the corpse, nor torn the ass.
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Domestic Donkeys » Described as » Strong
Issachar is a bony ass, Crouching down between two hurdles.
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Domestic Donkeys » Often fed on vine-leaves
He bindeth his foal to the vine, And his ass's colt to the choice vine; He washeth his dress in wine, And his garment in the blood of grapes.
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Domestic Donkeys » Governed by a bridle
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools.
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Domestic Donkeys » Miracles connected with » A thousand men slain by samson with a jaw-bone of
And God split open the hollow place that is at Lehi, and there came water from it; and when he drank, his spirit returned, and he revived. Therefore the name of it was called En-hakkor'e; it is at Lehi to this day.
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Domestic Donkeys » Miracles connected with » Water brought from the jaw-bone of
And God split open the hollow place that is at Lehi, and there came water from it; and when he drank, his spirit returned, and he revived. Therefore the name of it was called En-hakkor'e; it is at Lehi to this day.
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Domestic Donkeys » Laws respecting » Not to be coveted
Thou shalt not desire thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not desire thy neighbour's wife, nor his bondman, nor his handmaid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbour's.
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Domestic Donkeys » Eaten during famine in samaria
And there was a great famine in Samaria; and behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was worth eighty silver-pieces, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung five silver-pieces.
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Domestic Donkeys » Laws respecting » Fallen under a burden, to be assisted
If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under its burden, beware of leaving it to him: thou shalt certainly loosen it with him.
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Domestic Donkeys » Was used » In harness
And he saw chariots, horsemen by pairs, a chariot with asses, a chariot with camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed.
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Domestic Donkeys » Judges of israel rode on white
"Tell of it, you who ride on tawny asses, you who sit on rich carpets and you who walk by the way.
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Domestic Donkeys » Described as » Not devoid of instinct
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; Israel doth not know, my people hath no intelligence.
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