5 occurrences

'Sheep' in the Bible

And of cattle he had seven thousand sheep and goats, and three thousand camels, and a thousand oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great number of servants. And the man was greater than any of the sons of the east.

Verse ConceptsLivestockAbundance, MaterialLargenessSheepShepherds, As OccupationsYokesGod Is ImmanentFour To Five HundredThree Thousand And UpSeven ThousandOwning LivestockFour And Five HundredGreat IndividualsMultitudes Of DonkeysPossessing SheepWealthy Peoplepossessions

And this one was still talking when another came, and said, The fire of God came down from heaven, burning up the sheep and the goats and the young men completely, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.

Verse ConceptsLightningLossSuffering, Causes OfWeather, God's Sovereignty OverConflagrationsActing AloneBurning PeopleWhile Still Speaking

If his back did not give me a blessing, and the wool of my sheep did not make him warm;

Verse ConceptsFleecesAnimal Skins

And now, take seven oxen and seven sheep, and go to my servant Job, and give a burned offering for yourselves, and my servant Job will make prayer for you, that I may not send punishment on you; because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfIntercessory PrayerSeven AnimalsSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

And the Lord's blessing was greater on the end of Job's life than on its start: and so he came to have fourteen thousand sheep and goats, and six thousand camels, and two thousand oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

Verse ConceptsSheepYokesCamelsOwning LivestockA Thousand AnimalsSix ThousandEleven To Nineteen ThousandFamily ProblemsBlessings From GodEnd Of DaysBlessings And Prosperity

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