18 Bible Verses about Killing Domesticated Animals

At midnight Jehovah killed every firstborn male in Egypt from the firstborn son of Pharaoh who ruled the land to the firstborn son of the prisoner in jail, and also every firstborn animal.

Could enough cattle and sheep even be killed to satisfy them? Are all the fish in the sea enough for them?

Balaam answered: It is because you have made a fool of me! If I had a sword, I would kill you.

Then they killed a goat and dipped Joseph's robe in its blood.

He saw Benjamin and told the servant in charge of his house: Take these men to my house. Slaughter an animal and cook it, so they can eat with me at noon.

It will happen, said Jehovah: I will remove and destroy your horses and your chariots from among you.

So I fed the poor of the flock of slaughter. I took two staffs; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.

Jehovah my God said: Feed the flock doomed to slaughter.

Their owners slay them and claim they are not guilty. They that sell them say: Blessed be Jehovah, for I am rich and their own shepherds do not pity them.

Again he sent out other servants with orders to say to the guests, 'I have prepared my feast. Oxen and fat livestock are butchered and everything is ready, so come to the feast.'

The woman quickly butchered a calf she had fattened. Then she took some flour and prepared it. She baked some bread without yeast.

Get the prize calf and kill it. Let us celebrate with a feast!

Your brother returned home, the servant answered. Your father killed the prize calf because he has returned safely.

This son of yours wasted all your property on prostitutes. When he comes home you kill the prize calf for him!

Whoever kills a bull is like someone who kills a person. Whoever sacrifices a lamb is like someone who breaks a dog's neck. Whoever offers a grain sacrifice is like someone who offers pig's blood. Whoever burns incense is like someone who worships an idol. People have certainly chosen their own ways, and they delight in detestable things.

In whatever city you live, you may slaughter and eat as much meat as you want from what Jehovah your God has blessed you with. Clean and unclean people may eat it as if they were eating a gazelle or a deer.

Your cattle will be killed while you watch. You will not get to eat any of the meat. Your donkeys and sheep will be stolen. No one will be around to force your enemies to give them back.

First they slaughtered the bull. Then they took the child to Eli the priest.