Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Bullock (ox) » Uses of » For plowing
“I have surely heard Ephraim (Israel) moaning and grieving,
‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised,
Like a bull unaccustomed to the yoke or an untrained calf;
Bring me back that I may be restored,
For You are the Lord my God.
So Elijah departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, while he was plowing with twelve pairs of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth. Elijah went over to him and threw his mantle (coat) on him.
Verse Concepts
Blessed (happy, fortunate) are you who cast your seed upon all waters [
You who allow the ox and the donkey to roam freely.
That first slaughter which Jonathan and his armor bearer made was about twenty men within about half a [plow] furrow in a plot of land [the area of which a yoke of oxen could plow in a day].
Verse Concepts
Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean,
But much revenue [because of good crops] comes by the strength of the ox.
Crib » Used for grain
“Will the wild ox be willing to serve you,
Or remain beside your manger at night?
“The ox [instinctively] knows its owner,
And the donkey its master’s feeding trough,
But Israel does not know [Me as Lord],
My people do not understand.”
Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean,
But much revenue [because of good crops] comes by the strength of the ox.
Oxen » Described as » Strong
Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean,
But much revenue [because of good crops] comes by the strength of the ox.
Let our cattle bear
Without mishap and without loss,
And let there be no outcry in our streets!