Thematic Bible: Domestic Donkeys


Thematic Bible



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. Verse ConceptsLivestockAbundance, MaterialLargenessSheepShepherds, As OccupationsYokesGod Is ImmanentFour To Five HundredThree Thousand And UpSeven ThousandOwning LivestockFour And Five HundredGreat IndividualsMultitudes Of DonkeysPossessing SheepWealthy Peoplepossessions

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. Verse ConceptsSheepYokesCamelsOwning LivestockA Thousand AnimalsSix ThousandEleven To Nineteen ThousandFamily ProblemsBlessings From GodEnd Of DaysBlessings And Prosperity

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. Verse ConceptsCowsSheepAnimals, Types OfOwning LivestockGroups Of SlavesMultitudes Of DonkeysPeople Giving Other ThingsPossessing Sheep

And the man increased very, very much, and had much cattle, and bondwomen, and bondmen, and camels, and asses. Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialLargenessSheepGrowth In WealthGroups Of SlavesMultitudes Of DonkeysPossessing SheepWealthy PeopleWealth And Prosperity

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. Verse ConceptsMulesThose Who Kept Stock

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. Verse ConceptsSeeking For Concrete ThingsLoss Of DonkeysMissing SomeoneLosing A FriendBeing Lostsaul

And over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite; and over the asses was Jehdiah the Meronothite.

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. Verse ConceptsIntegrityFraudAnger, HumanAnger, Justified ExamplesLoss Of DonkeysNamed People Angry With OthersRespectHurthurting

And he will take your bondmen, and your bondwomen, and your comeliest young men, and your asses, and use them for his work. Verse ConceptsServants Of PeopleLoss Of Donkeys

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. Verse ConceptsBlindness, SymbolicStandingOwning LivestockAvoiding BribesBlindingLoss Of DonkeysOther Blinding

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. Verse ConceptsSanitation, FoodTouching Unclean ThingsCleft HoofsNoting What Animals Eat

If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt certainly bring it back to him. Verse ConceptsDuties To EnemiesAnimals Going Astrayfriendliness

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. Verse ConceptsMissing Someonewandering

And they loaded their asses with their grain, and departed thence. Verse ConceptsDonkeysSetting Out

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. Verse ConceptsFoodFig treeGrainRaisinsSheepWeights And Measures, DryFigsOne HundredThe Number Two HundredDried FruitQuantities Of WineHasty ActionOther Volume Measures

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. Verse ConceptsSummerRiding DonkeysSummer FruitTired In Flight

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. Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyStandingBeating AnimalsAnimals Going AstraySeeing AngelsGod's Sword

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. Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyGesturesAnger, Sinful ExamplesAnger Of Man, UnrighteousAnimal RightsLying Down To RestSeeing AngelsNamed People Angry With Others

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. Verse ConceptsRiding Donkeys

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? Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyAnimal LifeRebukeActing Three TimesThe Dumb Speaking

but had reproof of his own wickedness the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the folly of the prophet. Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyMadnessMouthsRebukeRestraintPeople Acting MadlyDumbnessBeing ReprovedDumbThe Dumb Speaking

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. Verse ConceptsAbrahamDonkeysMorningAnimals, Types OfRising EarlySplitting WoodFirewoodThose Who Rose EarlyPreparing To TravelSaddling DonkeysTwo Other Men

And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyMorningCovetousness, Example OfGoing TogetherPreparing To TravelSaddling Donkeys

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. Verse ConceptsRedemption, In Everyday LifeDislocatingRules About Killing Animalsredeemed

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. Verse ConceptsDonkeysLambsRansomRedemption, In Everyday LifeDislocatingEmpty HandedRules About Killing Animals

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. Verse ConceptsMangersToolsShovelsNoting What Animals EatSourness

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 Verse ConceptsenvoyBackSnakesBeastsflying

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. Verse ConceptsPeoples Who FledLoss Of Donkeys

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. Verse ConceptsCitiesEmpty PlacesLoss Of Donkeys

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. Verse ConceptsMangersToolsShovelsNoting What Animals EatSourness

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 Verse ConceptsenvoyBackSnakesBeastsflying


And Jesus, having found a young ass, sat upon it; as it is written, Verse ConceptsYoung AnimalRiding DonkeysThe scriptures

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.


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. Verse ConceptsServanthood, In SocietyWork, And RestStrangersThe Seventh Day Of The WeekForeigners Included In The LawDay 7No Work On Feast DaysRegulations For Men And Women

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.

He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, dragged along and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsOutside The CityInadequate BurialsNo Burials

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. Verse ConceptsAnimals Eating PeopleCorpses Of Other People

Issachar is a bony ass, Crouching down between two hurdles. Verse ConceptsLying Down To RestStrong IndividualsAppreciation For Pastors

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. Verse ConceptsColtsJoining ThingsWashing ClothesClean ClothesBinding As Animals

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools. Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfBridlesBackBeatingsWhipsWhippingBinding As Animals

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. Verse ConceptsSplitting RocksGod Providing WaterPartridgesPlaces To This Dayrevival

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. Verse ConceptsSplitting RocksGod Providing WaterPartridgesPlaces To This Dayrevival

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. Verse ConceptsCoveting, prohibition ofCovenant breakersdesiresGreed, Believers' Response ToLaw, Ten CommandmentsMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinProperty, HousesLiving In HousesServants Of PeopleMarriage ControlledEighth Commandment

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. Verse ConceptsFamine, Examples OfCoinagedung and manureHeadsMonotonySuffering, Nature OfWeights And Measures, DryDefecationHelp In ShortageA Fourth PartExpensiveOther Volume Measuresboyfriendspoop

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. Verse Conceptsevil, believers' responses toResponsibility, For God's WorldAnimal RightsHeavy BurdensPeople HelpingLoving Your Enemies

And he saw chariots, horsemen by pairs, a chariot with asses, a chariot with camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed. Verse ConceptsBackHorsesRiding DonkeysRiding CamelsTwo Animals

"Tell of it, you who ride on tawny asses, you who sit on rich carpets and you who walk by the way. Verse ConceptsDonkeysBackRoadsWalkingTravellersVolunteering