Thematic Bible: Of animals


Thematic Bible



The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory. Verse ConceptsForestsThings StrippedDeer

Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD. Verse ConceptsBoils Or UlcersMutilationAltars To The LordBlemished CreaturesSick AnimalsDischarges

And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God. Verse ConceptsCripplesAnimals, religious role ofBlemishImperfection, And God's PurposesLamenessBlemished Creatures

And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts. Verse ConceptsCripplesAnimals, religious role ofBurnt offeringGovernorsImperfection, And God's PurposesSick AnimalsPleasing MenSacrificesSacrificeTithes And Offeringdistractionsclosuretrying

Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water. Verse ConceptsSanitation, FoodPeople Consuming BloodForbidden FoodEating Meat

And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. Verse ConceptsHuntingLifebloodForeigners Included In The Law

Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.

For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. Verse ConceptsAtonementExpiationBlood Of SacrificesAtonement, Types OfAtonement, in OTKillingAnimal LifeMoses, Significance OfSin, God's Remedy ForLifebloodAtoning By SacrificesGifts Of GodOther Gifts Of GodAnimals Having A SoulBloodThe SoulThe Blood Of Jesus

But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. Verse ConceptsPeople Consuming BloodLifebloodForbidden FoodAnimals Having A SoulBloodThe RainbowEating MeatRainbow

For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off. Verse ConceptsPeople Consuming BloodForbidden FoodThose To Be Cut Off From IsraelBlood

And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows. Verse ConceptsTen ThingsHorns In AllegoryEyes In ProphecyThree Other Things


Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. Verse ConceptsNetsInstinctUseless LabourThings Manifest

A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her. Verse ConceptsHeatNosesSeeking For Concrete ThingsDo Not Grow WearyPassiontired

And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them. Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalMusical Instruments, Made OfSeven PeopleSeven ThingsThe Ark Moved AroundSeven Trumpets

But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD. And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.

Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. Verse ConceptsForeignersFindingMilkRitual LawEcologyStrangersYoung AnimalAnimal MothersDeath Of CreaturesCorpses Of AnimalsLaws Restricting ForeignersForbidden Foodnatural Deathpork

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