'Beasts' in the Bible

The Lord your God will send out the nations before you little by little; they are not to be rooted out quickly, for fear that the beasts of the field may be increased overmuch against you.

These are the beasts which you may have for food: the ox, the sheep, and the goat;

Your bodies will be meat for all the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth; there will be no one to send them away.

They will be wasted from need of food, and overcome by burning heat and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts I will send on them, with the poison of the worms of the dust.