Thematic Bible: Domestic Donkeys
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Domestic Donkeys » Formed a part of patriarchal wealth
Then his livestock came to be seven thousand sheep and goats and three thousand camels and five hundred pairs of oxen and five hundred female donkeys, and he had very many slaves, and that man was greater than all the people of the east.
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So Yahweh blessed Job's latter days more than his beginning. {Thus he had} fourteen thousand sheep and goats and six thousand camels and a thousand pair of oxen and a thousand female donkeys.
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And he dealt well with Abram on account of her, and he had sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
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And the man became {exceedingly} rich and had large flocks, female slaves, male slaves, camels, and donkeys.
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Domestic Donkeys » Trusty persons appointed to take care of
Now these [are] the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah--he [is] Anah who found the hot springs in the desert while he pastured the donkeys of Zibeon his father.
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Now the female donkeys of Kish the father of Saul got lost, and Kish said to Saul his son, "Please take one of the servants with you and get up; go and seek the female donkeys."
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And over the camels [was] Obil the Ishmaelite. And over the female donkeys [was] Jehdeiah the Meronothite. And over the sheep [was] Jaziz the Hagrite.
Domestic Donkeys » Often taken unlawfully by corrupt rulers
Then Moses became angry, and he said to Yahweh, "Do not notice their grain offering. I have not offered one donkey from them, and I have not mistreated one of them."
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He will take your male slaves and your female slaves and the best of your young men and your donkeys and {will use them for his projects}.
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Here I am! Testify against me before Yahweh and before his anointed one! Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I exploited? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe, that I may shut my eyes {regarding} him?-then I will restore it to you."
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Domestic Donkeys » Unclean
"Speak to the {Israelites}, saying, 'These [are] the animals that you may eat from all the animals that [are] on the land: Any among the animals that has a divided hoof and has a split cleft in [the] hoof, such you may eat.
" '[With regard] to any animal that has a divided hoof but does not split the hoof, or does not have a cud [for] chewing--they [are] unclean for you; anyone who touches them shall become unclean.
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Domestic Donkeys » Laws respecting » Astray, to be brought back to its owners
" 'If you come upon the ox of your enemy or his donkey going astray, you will certainly bring it back to him
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"You shall not watch the ox of your neighbor or his sheep or goat straying and ignore them; certainly you shall return them to your neighbor.
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Domestic Donkeys » Was used » For bearing burdens
Then they loaded their grain upon their donkeys and went [away] from there.
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Then Abigail {quickly took} two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five prepared sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred raisin cakes, and two hundred fig cakes, and she put [them] on the donkeys.
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Domestic Donkeys » Persons of rank rode on
After him Jair the Gileadite rose up, and he judged Israel twenty-two years. And he had thirty sons who would ride on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty towns that [are] in the land of Gilead that they called Havvoth Jair until this day.
The king said to Ziba, "{What do you want to accomplish by bringing these}?" And Ziba said, "The donkeys [are] for the king's household to ride [on]; the bread and the summer fruit [are] for the young men to eat, and the wine [is] for the faint in the wilderness to drink.
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Domestic Donkeys » Urged on with a staff
The donkey saw the angel of Yahweh standing in the road with his sword drawn in his hand, and the donkey turned aside from the road and went into the field. And Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back [to] the road.
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When the donkey saw the angel of Yahweh, she lay down under Balaam, so {Balaam became angry}, and he struck the donkey with [his] staff.
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Domestic Donkeys » Women often rode on
When she came [to him] she urged him to ask her father for a field. So she dismounted from the donkey, and Caleb said to her, "{What do you want}?"
{And then}, [as] she [was] riding on the donkey and [was] going down the ravine of the mountain, David and his men [were] coming down to meet her, and she met them.
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Domestic Donkeys » Miracles connected with » Mouth of balaam's opened to speak
Yahweh opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, "What did I do to you that you struck me these three times?"
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but received a rebuke for his own lawlessness: a speechless donkey, speaking with a human voice, restrained {the prophet's madness}.
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Domestic Donkeys » Was used » For riding
And Abraham rose up early in the morning and saddled his donkey. And he took two of his servants with him, and Isaac his son. And he chopped wood for a burnt offering. And he got up and went to the place which God had told him.
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So Balaam got up in the morning and saddled his donkey, and he 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 first offspring of a donkey you will redeem with small livestock, and if you will not redeem [it], then you will break its neck, and every firstborn human among your sons you will redeem.
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But the first offspring of a donkey you will redeem with small livestock, and if you will not redeem [it], you will break its neck. Every firstborn of your sons you will redeem, and you will not appear before me empty-handed.
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Domestic Donkeys » Was used » In agriculture
and the oxen and the donkeys that till the ground will eat fodder, sorrel that [has] been winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.
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An oracle of the animals of the Negev: Through a land of trouble and distress, [of] lioness and lion, {among} them [are] snake and flying serpent; they carry their wealth on [the] {backs} of male donkeys and their treasures on [the] humps of camels, to a people [that] cannot profit [them].
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Domestic Donkeys » Was used » In war
So they got up and fled at dusk and left their tents, their horses, their donkeys, and the camp as it was, and they fled for their lives.
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When they came, they called to the gatekeepers of the city and told them, saying, "We came to the camp of [the] Arameans, and behold, there was no man or the voice of a man there! Only the horses and the donkeys were tied up, and the tents [were left] as they [were]."
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Domestic Donkeys » Young, most valued for labor
and the oxen and the donkeys that till the ground will eat fodder, sorrel that [has] been winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.
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An oracle of the animals of the Negev: Through a land of trouble and distress, [of] lioness and lion, {among} them [are] snake and flying serpent; they carry their wealth on [the] {backs} of male donkeys and their treasures on [the] humps of camels, to a people [that] cannot profit [them].
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Domestic Donkeys » Christ entered jerusalem on
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Look! Your king comes to you; he [is] righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, and on a male donkey, {the foal of} a female donkey!
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So Jesus found a young donkey [and] sat on it, just as it is written,
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Domestic Donkeys » Laws respecting » Astray, to be taken care of till its owner appeared
And if your countryman [is] not near you or you do not know {who he is}, then you shall bring it {to your household}, and it shall be with you {until your countryman seeks after it}, and you shall return it to him. And thus [also] you shall do regarding his donkey, and thus you shall do concerning his garment, and so you shall do with respect to all [of] the lost property of your countryman that is lost from him and you find it; you are not allowed to withhold help.
Domestic Donkeys » Laws respecting » Not to be yoked with an ox
"You shall not plow with an ox and with a donkey [yoked] together.
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Domestic Donkeys » Laws respecting » To enjoy the rest of the sabbath
but the seventh day [is] Sabbath unto Yahweh your God; you shall not do any work, or your son, or your daughter, or your slave, or your slave woman, or your ox, or your donkey, or any of your domestic animals, or your [resident] alien who [is] in your {towns}, so that your slave and your slave woman may rest as you [rest].
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Domestic Donkeys » Described as » Fond of ease
Issachar [is] a strong donkey, crouching between the sheepfolds. He saw a resting place that [was] good, and land that [was] pleasant. So he bowed his shoulder to the burden and became a servant of forced labor.
Domestic Donkeys » Latterly counted as an ignoble creature
He will be buried [with] the burial of a donkey. [He will be] dragged away and thrown {outside} the gates of Jerusalem.
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Domestic Donkeys » Miracles connected with » Not torn by a lion
He went and found his dead body thrown in the road and a donkey with the lion standing beside it, but the lion had not eaten the corpse nor attacked the donkey.
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Domestic Donkeys » Described as » Strong
Issachar [is] a strong donkey, crouching between the sheepfolds.
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Domestic Donkeys » Often fed on vine-leaves
Binding his donkey to the vine and his donkey's colt to the choice vine, he washes his clothing in the 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 donkey, 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
So God split the hollow place that [is] at Lehi, and water came out from it; and he drank, and his spirit returned, and he was revived. Thus he called its name {The Spring of Ha-Qore}, which [is] at Lehi to this day.
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Domestic Donkeys » Miracles connected with » Water brought from the jaw-bone of
So God split the hollow place that [is] at Lehi, and water came out from it; and he drank, and his spirit returned, and he was revived. Thus he called its name {The Spring of Ha-Qore}, which [is] at Lehi to this day.
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Domestic Donkeys » Laws respecting » Not to be coveted
"You shall not covet the house of your neighbor; you will not covet the wife of your neighbor or his male servant or his female servant or his ox or his donkey or anything that [is] your neighbor's."
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Domestic Donkeys » Eaten during famine in samaria
There was a great famine in Samaria, and behold, a siege [was] against it, until the head of a donkey [went] for eighty shekels of silver, and one fourth of the measure of the dung of doves [went] for five shekels of silver.
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Domestic Donkeys » Laws respecting » Fallen under a burden, to be assisted
If you see the donkey of your enemy lying down under its burden, you will refrain from abandoning him. You will surely arrange [it] with him.
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Domestic Donkeys » Was used » In harness
When he sees riders, a pair of horsemen, riders of donkeys, riders of camels, {then} he must listen attentively, paying attention, paying {special} attention."
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Domestic Donkeys » Judges of israel rode on white
The riders of white female donkeys, [those] sitting on saddle blankets, and [those] going on [the] way, talk about it!
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Domestic Donkeys » Described as » Not devoid of instinct
An ox knows its owner and a donkey the manger of its master. Israel does not know; my people do not understand.
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