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Ox, The

Often found wild—De 14:5

INCLUDES THE

• Bull
• —Ge 32:15; Job 21:10
• Bullock
• —Ps 50:9; Jer 46:21
• Cow
• —Nu 18:17; Job 21:10
• Heifer
• —Ge 15:9; Nu 19:2

Was clean and fit for food—De 14:4

DESCRIBED AS

• Strong
• —Ps 144:14; Pr 14:4
• Beautiful
• —Jer 46:20; Ho 10:11
• Not without sagacity
• —Isa 1:3

Horns and hoofs of, alluded to—Ps 69:31

Lowing of, alluded to—1Sa 15:14; Job 6:5

WAS FED

• With grass
• —Job 40:15; Ps 106:20; Da 4:25
• With corn
• —Isa 30:24
• With straw
• —Isa 11:7
• On the hills
• —Isa 7:25
• In the valleys
• —1Ch 27:29; Isa 65:10
• In stalls
• —Hab 3:17

Rapid manner of collecting its food alluded to—Nu 22:4

Formed a part of the patriarchal wealth—Ge 13:2,5; 26:14; Job 1:3

Formed a part of the wealth of Israel in Egypt—Ge 50:8; Ex 10:9; 12:32

Formed a part of the wealth of the Jews—Nu 32:4; Ps 144:14

Required great care and attention—Pr 27:23

Herdmen appointed over—Ge 13:7; 1Sa 21:7

Urged on by the goad—Jud 3:31

USED FOR

• Drawing wagons &c
• —Nu 7:3; 1Sa 6:7
• Carrying burdens
• —1Ch 12:40
• Ploughing
• —1Ki 19:19; Job 1:14; Am 6:12
• Earing the ground
• —Isa 30:24; 32:20
• Treading out the corn
• —Ho 10:11
• Sacrifice
• —Ex 20:24; 2Sa 24:22
• Food
• —1Ki 1:9; 19:21; 2Ch 18:2

Often stall-fed for slaughter—Pr 15:17

Goes to the slaughter unconscious—Pr 7:22

Young of, considered a great delicacy—Ge 18:7; Am 6:4

Male firstlings of, belonged to God—Ex 34:19

Tithe of, given to the priests—2Ch 31:6

LAWS RESPECTING

• To rest on the Sabbath
• —Ex 23:12; De 5:14
• Not to be yoked with an ass in the same plough
• —De 22:10
• Not to be muzzled when treading out the corn
• —De 25:4; 1Co 9:9
• If stolen to be restored double
• —Ex 22:4
• Of others not to be coveted
• —Ex 20:17; De 5:21
• Of others if lost or hurt through neglect, to be made good
• —Ex 22:9-13
• Killing a man, to be stoned
• —Ex 21:28-32
• Mode of reparation for one, killing another
• —Ex 21:35,36
• Straying to be brought back to its owner
• —Ex 23:4; De 22:1,2
• Fallen under its burden to be raised up again
• —De 22:4
• Fat of, not to be eaten
• —Le 7:23

Increase of, promised—De 7:13; 28:4

Publicly sold—2Sa 24:24; Lu 14:19

Often given as a present—Ge 12:16; 20:14

The wicked often took, in pledge from the poor—Job 24:3

Custom of sending the pieces of, to collect the people to war—1Sa 11:7

Sea of brass rested on figures of—1Ki 7:25

ILLUSTRATIVE

• (Engaged in husbandry,) of Ministers
• —Isa 30:24; 32:20
• (Not muzzled in treading corn,) of Minister's right to
• support—1Co 9:9,10
• (Prepared for a feast,) of the provision of the gospel
• —Pr 9:2; Mt 22:4
• (Led to slaughter,) of a rash youth
• —Pr 7:22
• (Led to slaughter,) of saints under persecution
• —Jer 11:19
• (Stall fed,) of sumptuous living
• —Pr 15:17

BULL OR BULLOCK ILLUSTRATIVE

• Of fierce enemies
• —Ps 22:12; 68:30
• (Firstling of,) of the glory of Joseph
• —De 33:17
• (In a net,) of the impatient under judgment
• —Isa 51:20
• (Fatted,) of greedy mercenaries
• —Jer 46:21
• (Unaccustomed to the yoke,) of intractable sinners
• —Jer 31:18

KINE ILLUSTRATIVE

• Of proud and wealthy rules
• —Am 4:1
• (well favoured,) of years of plenty
• —Ge 41:2,26,29
• (Lean,) of years of scarcity
• —Ge 41:3; 27:30

HEIFER ILLUSTRATIVE

• Of a beloved wife
• —Jud 14:18
• (Sliding back,) of backsliding Israel
• —Ho 4:16
• (Taught, &c) of Israel's fondness for ease in preference to
• obedience—Ho 10:11
• (Of three years old,) of Moab in affliction
• —Isa 15:5; Jer 48:34
• (Fair,) of the beauty and wealth of Egypt
• —Jer 46:20
• (At grass,) of the luxurious Chaldees
• —Jer 50:11